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The device enables physically impaired or disabled individuals to transfer themselves from one location to another without the assistance of another individual. In the preferred embodiment, the device comprises a base assembly, a central vertical pole, a pivot assembly, a movement inhibitor and a pa

The device enables physically impaired or disabled individuals to transfer themselves from one location to another without the assistance of another individual. In the preferred embodiment, the device comprises a base assembly, a central vertical pole, a pivot assembly, a movement inhibitor and a pair of extending bars. The device may be easily positioned in different places which are frequented by the individual user of the device so as to allow the physically impaired or disabled user to have greater independence and freedom.

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An independent transfer device for allowing a physically impaired individual to transfer themselves from one location to another without assistance from another individual, the device comprising: a base assembly for support and stabilization during transferring of the individual by themselves, said

An independent transfer device for allowing a physically impaired individual to transfer themselves from one location to another without assistance from another individual, the device comprising: a base assembly for support and stabilization during transferring of the individual by themselves, said base assembly having a forward bar, a left outer bar, a right outer bar and a flat stabilizing plate, said forward bar having a central aperture, a right end and a left end, said left outer bar connected perpendicularly to said left end of said forward bar and said right outer bar connected perpendicularly to said right end of said forward bar, said flat stabilizing plate rectangular in shape and having a top end and a bottom end, said forward bar, said right bar and said left bar attached to the peripheries of said top end of said flat stabilizing plate thereby forming a raised boundary around the sides and forward end of the rectangle of said flat stabilizing plate and allowing for an open rearward end of said flat stabilizing plate for ingress and egress; a central vertical pole having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said central vertical pole engaged with said central aperture of said forward bar, said central vertical pole extending upward from said forward bar, said central vertical pole having a hollow interior with a bearing means therein for rotation and said central vertical pole having an opening at said upper end for access therethrough to said hollow interior; a pivot assembly for allowing the individual to rotate themselves from one location to another, said pivot assembly having a L-shaped coupling bar and a hand grip bar, said L-shaped coupling bar having a vertical section and a horizontal section, said vertical section substantially positioned therein said hollow interior of said central vertical bar through said upper end opening, said vertical section engaged with said bearing means thereby allowing for rotation of said pivot assembly, said horizontal section extending in a horizontal plane substantially perpendicular to said central vertical pole and connected to the center of said hand grip bar thereby forming a T-shape, said hand grip bar having a right end and a left end, each of said ends having a hand grip means attached thereto for allowing the individual to firmly grasp said hand grip bar while rotating themselves and said pivot assembly during transfer from one location to another; a movement inhibitor located on said central vertical pole, said movement inhibitor engaging with said vertical section of said L-shaped coupling bar so as to prevent rotation of said pivot assembly beyond a position where said base assembly provides support and stabilization; and, a left extending bar and a right extending bar, said right to extending bar connected to said base assembly at said right outer bar and said left extending bar connected to said base assembly at said left outer bar, said right extending bar in the same horizontal plane as and extending rearward from said right outer bar, said left extending bar in the same horizontal plane as and extending rearward from said left outer bar, said right extending bar and said left extending bar adding further support and stabilization to said base assembly.