TODAY’S PATENT – LIFTING AND LOWERING APPARATUS

The Lifting and Lowering Apparatus was invented Edson E. Foster (Punta Gorda, FL) on the 13^th of November, 1990, bearing patent number US4969221A.

This invention relates to a lifting and lowering apparatus, and more particularly to such an apparatus useful to persons experiencing difficulty in arising from bed. The object of this invention to assist a person in arising from a bed to a standing position while enabling the person being assisted to exercise control over the lifting procedure. In realizing this object of the invention, apparatus is provided which has a lifting platform supported for lifting and lowering movement and which permits such movement under the control of a user. Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the type described in which a user of the apparatus is permitted to pivot their thighs and buttocks from a position of sitting on a lifting and lowering platform to a position of standing free from restraints otherwise possibly imposed by the apparatus.