TODAY’S PATENT – SINGLE POWERED DUL MOVEMENT MOTION DEVICE

The invention SINGLE POWERED DUAL MOVEMENT MOTION DEVICE was invented by Howard W. F. Derksen (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), Roger L. Patterson (Selkirk, Manitoba) on 14^th of March 1995, bearing the patent number US5396816A.

The present invention relates to a dual movement motion device which is powered by a single source to lift a wheelchair of a handicapped person.

A single powered dual movement motion device is mounted on the distal end of a boom and connected to a platform adapted to carry a wheelchair of a handicapped person. The motion device has a base frame that mounts it on the boom. A reversible rotatable drive assembly is fixed to the base frame and is driven a reversible power source. The reversible rotatable drive assembly includes a release and lock means whereby an arcuate path will be given to an extremity of the second extension frame in the release mode and a straightforward path in locked mode. A reversal of the power source will reverse the sequence o events.