Or relating to stairlifts
AssigneeStannah Stairlifts Limited
InventorsMartin Thomas Piper, Paul Alexander Cook, Nigel Titchener
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Abstract
The disclosure defined by this invention relates to an electronic control facility for a stairlift. The control facility includes an installation mode in which a number of steps to be undertaken at the time of installation of the stairlift are defined. The control facility also includes a user mode in which the operation of the stairlift is controlled by a user. According to the invention, the control facility is configured so that the user mode cannot be entered until all steps in the installation mode have been completed.
Claims12
An electronic control facility for a stairlift, the electronic control facility configured to perform:
- an installation mode in which, at the time of installation of the stairlift, a plurality of defined installation steps are undertaken, and a user mode in which, following completion of installation, a number of defined user steps are undertaken under the control of a stairlift user;
- said electronic control facility being configured to prevent entry into said user mode until steps undertaken in said installation mode have been completed.
A method of controlling the installation of a stairlift, said method comprising:
- configuring an electronic control facility incorporated in the stairlift to have an installation mode in which, at the time of installation of the stairlift a number of defined installation steps are undertaken, and a user mode in which, following the completion of installation, a number of defined operating steps are undertaken under the control of a stairlift user;
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- configuring said electronic control facility to prevent entry into said user mode until tests defined in said installation mode have been undertaken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.