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A device for transporting a physically impaired person includes a support frame member having electric motors secured thereto for operating rear drive wheels; a stabilizing plate for maintaining the position of the support frame member when lifting a physically impaired person, the stabilizing plate

A device for transporting a physically impaired person includes a support frame member having electric motors secured thereto for operating rear drive wheels; a stabilizing plate for maintaining the position of the support frame member when lifting a physically impaired person, the stabilizing plate being positioned via an electric motor operating a linear actuator; and opposite lifting arms rotationally extended from the support frame member via electric motors operating linear actuators, the lifting arms ultimately placing a physically impaired person upon or removing the impaired person from an inclinable seat member secured to the support frame member.

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1. A device for transporting a physically impaired person comprising: drive means for promoting manually controlled movement of a support frame member of said device;means for stabilizing said support frame member when lifting a physically impaired person distally and horizontally separated from sai

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A device for transporting a physically impaired person comprising: drive means for promoting manually controlled movement of a support frame member of said device;means for stabilizing said support frame member when lifting a physically impaired person distally and horizontally separated from said support frame member, and when removing a physically impaired person from a seat member disposed upon said support frame member; andmeans for lifting a physically impaired person distally and horizontally separated a preselected distance from a front portion of said device, said lifting means ultimately disposing the physically impaired person upon said seat member, said lifting means being capable of removing the physically impaired person from said seat member, said lifting means including inner ends rotationally secured to said front portion of said device, said rotational inner ends being capable of positioning outer ends of said lifting means such that said lifting means form an obtuse angle with a substantially horizontal arm rest member, thereby disposing swivel means above the physically impaired person horizontally separated a preselected distance from said front portion of said device, whereby an operator of said device is capable of elevating a physically impaired person when distally and horizontally separated a preselected distance from said device then disposing the person upon said seat member of said device without securing said outer ends of said lifting means to a wall structure and without securing extension sections to said device to elevate non-retractable framework above the physically impaired person, then transporting the physically impaired person to a selected location, then elevating the physically impaired person from said seat member, and then disposing the person in a seated position upon a distal support structure separated a preselected distance from said device. 2. The device of claim 1 wherein said support frame includes means for positioning said seat member disposed upon said support frame member, said seat member ultimately being orientated to receive a physically impaired person and/or to promote separation of the physically impaired person from said seat member, whereby a physically impaired person is disposed upon or removed from said device via an operator of said device while the operator stands in a substantially vertical position, thereby reducing operator back strain. 3. The device of claim 1 wherein said drive means includes at least one electric motor that imparts rotary motion to a wheel assembly. 4. The device of claim 1 wherein said stabilizing means includes a linear actuator for imparting motion upon a stabilizing plate to forcibly urge said stabilizing plate to engage a floor surface, whereby said stabilizing plate maintains a selected position of said device relative to the floor surface, when said lifting means disposes a physically impaired person upon or removes the physically impaired person from said seat member. 5. The device of claim 1 wherein said lifting means includes opposite first and second lifting arms disposed in cooperating first and second side portions of said support frame, said first and second lifting arms being rotationally extended from respective first and second front portions of said support frame, such that outer ends of said first and second lifting arms are disposed proximate to a physically impaired person, said lifting arms are ultimately retracted to a position that prevents said lifting arms from engaging objects as the device is moving. 6. The device of claim 1 wherein said drive means is manually operated via a stick switch disposed upon a top portion of a control panel disposed upon a back portion of said support frame member. 7. The device of claim 1 wherein said support frame member includes an operator support member for allowing a device operator to ride upon the device while transporting a physically impaired person. 8. The device of claim 1 wherein said support frame member includes at least one oxygen canister with complimentary equipment to supply oxygen to a person being transported by said device. 9. The device of claim 1 wherein said drive means, stabilizing means, lifting means and positioning means are controlled and operated via a D.C. power source. 10. The device of claim 1 wherein said drive means, stabilizing means and lifting means are disposed upon a front portion of said support frame member, thereby promoting operation of said device by a physically impaired person. 11. The device of claim 2 wherein said positioning means includes a linear actuator for imparting linear motion to bars pivotally secured to said support frame and to a second side of said seat member to ultimately incline said seat member relative to said support frame such that a back portion of said seat member is elevated higher than a front portion of said seat member, thereby elevating a physically impaired person seated upon said seat member forward and distal to said support frame to promote a standing position for the physically impaired person. 12. The device of claim 4 wherein said stabilizing plate is configured and sized to extend in front of and underneath a front portion of said support frame member after said stabilizing plate engages a floor surface. 13. The device of claim 12 wherein said stabilizing plate inserts into said support frame member when transporting a physically impaired person, thereby preventing said stabilizing plate from engaging an object while said device is moving. 14. The device of claim 5 wherein said lifting means include first and second linear actuators that cooperate with corresponding first and second lifting arms to disposed said lifting arms at preselected positions. 15. The device of claim 14 wherein said lifting means include a lifting harness. 16. The device of claim 15 wherein said lifting harness includes shoulder and arms straps that cooperate to allow said lifting harness to elevate the physically impaired person from said seat member such that said lifting harness does not engage a posterior portion or legs of the physically impaired person, thereby simplifying the elevation or disposition of the physically impaired person relative to said seat member. 17. The device of claim 15 wherein said lifting harness is rotatably secured to said first and second lifting arms, whereby a physically impaired person distally disposed to said device may be lifted via said lifting means, the physically impaired person then being rotated and seated upon said seat member via rotary retraction of said first and second lifting arms, the physically impaired person ultimately being transported to a selected location, whereupon, the physically impaired person is separated from said device via said lifting arms and/or said seat member. 18. A system for lifting and moving a person comprising: means for controlling motors for moving a chair structure;means for lifting a person horizontally separated a preselected distance from said chair structure and disposing the person upon said chair structure, said lifting means including inner ends rotationally secured to a front portion of said chair structure and outer ends that are ultimately extended to dispose swivel means above the person horizontally separated from said chair structure such that an obtuse angle is formed between said lifting means and a substantially horizontal arm rest member, thereby horizontally separating said swivel means from said front portion of said chair structure a distance that cooperates with the horizontal distance separating the person to be lifted from said chair structure;means for lifting the person from said chair structure and disposing the person upon a distal support frame; andmeans for positioning a seat member disposed upon said chair structure, whereby an operator of said chair structure is capable of elevating a seated person distally and horizontally separated a preselected distance from said chair structure, then disposing the person upon said chair structure without securing said outer ends of said lifting means to a wall structure and without securing a support structure to said chair structure such that the support structure elevates a non-retractable framework above the person. 19. The system of claim 18 wherein said chair structure includes a stabilizing member. 20. A method for transporting a person, said method comprising the steps of: lifting a person horizontally separated a predetermined distance from a movable support structure via at least one lifting arm rotationally secured to said movable support structure, said lifting arm including an inner end rotationally secured to said movable support structure and an outer end that is ultimately extended to dispose swivel means above the person, said lifting arm ultimately forming an obtuse angle with a substantially horizontal arm rest member, thereby horizontally separating said swivel means from said movable support structure and above the person such that an operator of said movable support structure is capable of elevating the person when distally and horizontally separated from said movable support structure without securing said outer end of said lifting arm to a wall structure and without securing a non-retractable framework above the person;disposing the person on a seat member secured to said movable support structure;driving said movable support structure to a selected location;lifting the person from said movable support structure; anddisposing the person upon a selected support frame distal to said movable support structure. 21. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of lifting a person distal to a movable support structure includes the step of providing opposite first and second lifting arms disposed in cooperating first and second side portions of said movable support structure, said first and second lifting arms being rotationally extended from respective first and second front portions of said movable support structure, such that outer ends of said first and second lifting arms are disposed proximate to the person. 22. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of lifting a person distal to a movable support structure includes the step of providing a stabilizing member. 23. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of lifting a person distal to a movable support structure includes the step of providing an inclinable seat member for receiving a person and/or to promote separation of the person from said movable support structure.