Lifting sling for invalid
CA 1266449 C · Owner: Zonneveld, Ralph · Inventors: Zonneveld, Ralph
Overview
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This invention is directed to a lifting sling for invalids particularly those which use a wheelchair. More particularly this invention is directed to a, flexible foldable lifting apparatus which can be placed under a paraplegic or a quadraplegic while sitting in a wheelchair or chair, or lying on a bed and utilizing, two persons, lifting the invalid from the wheelchair or chair onto a bed or other sitting device or vice versa. It relates to an apparatus useful for permitting incapacitated persons to be lifted from one location to another comprising: (a) flexible means for positioning at the back and under the buttocks and thighs of the person; (b) gripping means secured to the bottom …
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- Granted March 6, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 6, 2007.
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