US 11,986,431 B2
Standing assistance device and method
Maximillian M. Schwarz, Halesite, NY (US)
Filed by Maximillian M. Schwarz, Halesite, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,510.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285213 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1096 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1019 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A standing assistance device, comprising:
a platform, constructed to support the knees of a user, the platform selectively displaceable between a raised and a lowered configuration;
a lifting mechanism coupled to the platform, the lifting mechanism containing features adapted to transfer force and constructed and adapted to selectively raise the platform from the lowered to the raised configuration in response to force received from a force transfer mechanism coupled thereto;
the force transfer mechanism constructed and adapted to receive force from a plunger portion comprising a crossbar having two ends, and transfer downward force to the plunger portion into upward force on the lifting mechanism, and cause the platform to rise from the lowered to the raised configuration;
neither the lifting mechanism, nor the force transfer mechanism comprising an electric motor;
whereby a user kneeling on the platform can apply downward force to the plunger portion to provide lifting force to the platform and assist the user to rise to a standing position.