Hoist Mechanism
AssigneeAutochair Limited
InventorsMartin Peaker, Tom Cresswell, Pawel Cichy
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Abstract
A hoist mechanism for lifting articles, such as a mobility scooter, into and from an interior of an automobile has a boom arranged to be mounted on the vehicle. A length of webbing depends from the boom and can be attached to the article to be lifted in use. An electric motor is configured to retract the webbing to provide lifting of the article by winding the webbing onto a spool. The boom has a mounting bracket. The spool is mounted to one side of the mounting bracket and the electric motor is mounted on the other side of the mounting bracket. The boom may take the for of a pivoting and swivelling armature. The boom may be releasably latched in a raised condition for use.
Claims25
A hoist mechanism for lifting articles into/from an interior of an automobile, the hoist mechanism comprising:
- a boom arranged to be mounted on the vehicle;
- a length of webbing depending from the boom and configured to be attached to the article to be lifted in use;
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- an electric motor configured to retract the webbing to provide lifting of the article by winding the webbing onto a spool wherein the boom comprises a mounting bracket, the spool mounted to one side of the bracket and the electric motor is mounted on the other side of the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.