US 2021/0330530 A1Published application

Lift for fallen person at home

OwnerRobert Platts, Andrew Katz +1inventors

InventorsRobert Platts, Andrew Katz, Rebecca Cooney

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Abstract

A household lift for fallen persons is devised in which a modified stepladder serves as the main lift structure while also serving as a stepladder storably foldable and usable within the house. A removable winch is set atop the stepladder, and it too can serve other purposes and can be of hand-cranked or electric powered design. The winch's lift cable is removably attached to preferably a prior-art sling type which first lays flat on the floor to facilitate moving the person onto it, and next pulls the person up into a secure sit-up position and then high enough to lower onto a wheelchair or other safe destination.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus serving as both a lift for a fallen person at home and a household stepladder, comprising:

a stepladder structure of height well below ceiling height and providing adequate room between its front and rear rails to accommodate a patient lifted above chair height, the stepladder being foldable for compact storagability;
a winch mounted under the top of the stepladder;
a sling layable flat on floor beside the fallen patient to accept the patient being rolled onto it;
whereupon the stepladder can be set over the patient, the cable of the winch lowered and attached to the sling, and the winch operated to lift sling and patient securely into a sitting position within the stepladder's rails and then to a height allowing a chair or wheelchair to be positioned under the patient.

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