US 11,839,577 B2
Mobile lifting system for disabled person
Jacobus Hendrik Saayman, Carindale (AU)
Assigned to PANO SOLUTIONS PTY. LTD., Carindale (AU)
Appl. No. 17/285,797
Filed by Pano Solutions Pty. Ltd., Red Hill (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/051125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/077404, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Application 17/285,797 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/161,059, filed on Oct. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,160,708.
Application 16/161,059 is a continuation of application No. 14/653,920, granted, now 10,117,799, issued on Feb. 6, 2018, previously published as PCT/IB2013/061195, filed on Dec. 20, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2012/09662 (ZA), filed on Dec. 20, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378898 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1019 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1046 (2013.01); A61G 7/1051 (2013.01); A61G 7/1067 (2013.01); A61G 2200/34 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile lifting system comprising:
a base including a plurality of spaced apart legs extending substantially radially relative to a post extending from the base wherein one or more legs of the base are movable between an expanded stabilizing condition and a retracted condition;
a head configured for rotation about the post with the post movably supporting the head, the head having a lifting arrangement attached thereto, the lifting arrangement being arranged for effecting upward and downward movement of a body support arrangement to raise and lower a disabled person during use, the body support arrangement being movable between a supporting position and an inoperative position, the body support arrangement being connected to the base through an electro-mechanical linkage which moves the base into the stabilizing condition when the body support arrangement is in the supporting position and moves the base into the retracted condition when the body support arrangement is in the inoperative position, the head being rotatable about the post for rotational movement of the body support arrangement to transfer a person between two seating positions which are angularly displaced and in proximity of the post; and
an actuator configured to be operable by the disabled person to effect movement of the body support arrangement to move the body support arrangement upward and downward on the lifting arrangement and to rotate the head about the post, the post being located substantially at a center of the base to provide stability as the body support arrangement on the head is rotated about the post while supporting the person, and wherein the actuator and the electro-mechanical linkage are operably coupled to move the body support arrangement between the supporting position and the inoperative position;
wherein end portions of the plurality of legs of the base are arranged substantially equally spaced apart on a diameter about the post when the base is in the stabilizing condition, wherein the plurality of legs includes a first plurality of movable legs movably attached to a centrally located base housing and a second plurality of fixed legs fixedly attached to the base housing, and wherein each of the movable legs is movable independently with respect to any other of the first plurality of movable legs from a first radial position to a second radial position to bring the base into a partially stabilizing condition.