Stairlift
OwnerRaymond J. Holdeninventor
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Abstract
In a stairlift comprising a guide track, fixed to the steps of the stairs, the guide track does not protrude below the first or second riser at the foot of the stairs and/or beyond the top of the stairs into the landing area. A second track is mounted on and supported by the first track. The length of the second track is less than the length of the flight of stairs and is selectably moveable between a position whereat the second track protrudes into the landing area at the top of the stairs, and a position whereat the second track protrudes below the first or second riser at the foot of the stairs. The user of the lift is supported on a carriage, mounted on the second track.
Claims10
A stairlift for a flight of stairs comprising:
- first track means;
- means for fixing said first track means over said flight of stairs such that said first track means does not protrude both into a landing area at the top of the flight of stairs and below a first riser at the foot of the flight of stairs;
- second track means moveably mounted on and supported by the first track means;
- means for controllably moving the second track means along the first track means between a position whereat the second track protrudes beyond the first track means into said landing area and a position whereat the second track means protrudes beyond the first track means below the first riser at the foot of the flight of stairs;
- and a carriage mounted on the said second track means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.