Device for transporting a physically impaired person

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 upon or removing a physically impaired person from a seat member disposed upon said support frame member;
• and
• means for lifting a physically impaired person distally disposed to said seat member, 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, whereby an operator of said device is capable of elevating a physically impaired person from a seated position and disposing the person upon said seat member of said device, transporting the physically impaired person to a selected location, elevating the physically impaired person from said seat member, and disposing the person in a seated position upon a distal support structure.