Transfer system for an invalid patient
OwnerGary R. Kluckhuhninventor
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Abstract
The invention is directed to an invalid patient transport system from point A to point B. The system is suspended from a ceiling and can move relative thereto in a first movement The system has a second movement to be able to turn relative to the ceiling in different directions. The transport system further has a third movement and that is an up and down movement relative to the ceiling. The system further has a fourth movement and that is to move a seating assembly under a patient and between the location the patient is sitting or reclining on.
Claims23
A patient transfer system including a seat assembly adapted to be moved from point A to point B, said transfer system includes means to move said seat assembly in four movements;
- a first of said movements moves said seat assembly along and relative to a ceiling from which said seat assembly is suspended;
- a second of said movements moves said seat assembly in a rotation relative to said ceiling;
- a third of said movements moves said seat assembly in an up and down movement relative to said ceiling;
- a fourth of said movements moves said seat assembly so that two halves of a seat move toward each other to move a patient from an implement sitting position to an engaged position to thereby seat said patient on said seat assembly.
A patient transfer system including a seat assembly having four movements including a first movement to move said seat assembly from point A to point B, a first means for moving said seat assembly relative to a ceiling from which said seat assembly is suspended, a second means for moving said seat assembly in a rotational movement relative to said ceiling, a third means for moving said seat assembly in an up and down movement relative to said ceiling, a fourth means for moving two sections of a seat to complete a whole seat under a patient to sit on and then to be transported.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.