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A device for lifting or lowering an invalid patient for movement between wheelchairs and/or beds, chairs, commodes and automobiles is disclosed which has a base, an upright, and a patient support member pivotably secured to the upright. A pivoting element pivots the support member for raising or low

A device for lifting or lowering an invalid patient for movement between wheelchairs and/or beds, chairs, commodes and automobiles is disclosed which has a base, an upright, and a patient support member pivotably secured to the upright. A pivoting element pivots the support member for raising or lowering the patient. There is also provided a generally vertical plate for securing the patient\s knees.

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A device for lifting and lowering invalid patients and for transferring them from one location to another comprising: a base supported on roller means so as to be readily movable from one location to another; an upright member mounted on and extending upwardly from said base; a lever arm connected a

A device for lifting and lowering invalid patients and for transferring them from one location to another comprising: a base supported on roller means so as to be readily movable from one location to another; an upright member mounted on and extending upwardly from said base; a lever arm connected at one end adjacent the upper portion of the upright member by means of a horizontal pivot so as to be rotatably shiftable in a vertical plane only and terminating at its outer end in a pair of horizontally spaced end portions, said end portions normally being spaced outwardly from the upright member in a generally horizontal direction; means for attaching a sling between the said end portions by engagement around the back of a patient at a location beneath his armpits; lifting and lowering mechanism associated with the said upright member; a drive rod having pivotal connection at its upper end to the lever arm at a point intermediate the length thereof and extending downwardly therefrom into connection with the lifting and lowering mechanism; and a knee and leg engaging plate member mounted on the drive rod intermediate the length thereof in facing relation to the end portions of the lever arm whereby when a sling attached to said end portions is engaged around the back of a seated patient at a point beneath the level of his armpits and the lifting and lowering mechanism is actuated to lift the patient, the patient is moved above seated position and is held against rotation so that he can be transferred from one location to another.