US 8,997,276 B2 · Patient lift

Abstract

The present invention provides a patient lift for transferring a person from a hospital bed to another patient support structure. The patient lift includes a mast, a boom, a stabilizer leg, and a coupler leg adapted to couple to the hospital bed. The boom is mounted to the top of the mast, and extends outwardly from a central vertical axis of said mast. In one aspect, the boom may rotate independently of the stabilizer leg about the central vertical axis while above the hospital bed and while within an angular distance of a side of the hospital bed. Once the boom moves past the angular distance, the boom and stabilizer leg may begin to rotate together about the central vertical axis. In another aspect, the boom is capable of being positioned in a stowed position above a footboard of the hospital bed.

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Dependent claims

A lift apparatus for transferring a person from a support apparatus to another support apparatus, said lift apparatus comprising:

a mast having a central vertical axis;
a boom mounted to said mast extending outwardly from said central vertical axis of said mast, said boom capable of supporting a person above the support apparatus when said boom is positioned over the support apparatus;
a leg extending outward from said central vertical axis of said mast;
a coupler leg extending outward from said central vertical axis of said mast, and said coupler leg adapted to mechanically connect said lift apparatus to the support apparatus such that said lift apparatus is integral to the support apparatus;
and
wherein said boom is configured to conform to the contour of an end component of the support apparatus such that the boom is capable of being stored directly adjacent the end component of the support apparatus along a substantial length of the boom, wherein the end component includes one of a headboard of the support apparatus and a footboard of the support apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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