MX2010007308A - Portable device for transporting people in a sit position from and to the inner portion of an automobile. - Google Patents

Abstract

Portable device of low weight and reduced volume adapted to all types of automobiles, which does not require performing changes in the vehicle and which is useful for transporting people in a sit position from and to the inner portion of a vehicle, which may transport loads and is mainly formed by an arm, body and base. The arm has such a configuration that allows a plurality of movements and positions to be performed for transporting a person, for this purpose a flexible state-of-the-art harness is used. The body includes a system for the vertical movement of the person; the base is a system for stabilising the device upon applying a force in the lower portion of the vehicle from an element supported by the floor.

Claims (4)

CLAIMS Having sufficiently described our invention, we consider as a novelty and therefore claim as our exclusive property, what is contained in the following clauses:

1. A portable device with which it is possible to transfer a person, in a sitting position, to or from inside a car. CHARACTERIZED BY: a device that consists of a system to stabilize it without requiring changes in the vehicle, a system to move the person vertically, a system to transfer the person and a system to turn the person. This multiplicity of systems is removable and they are arranged so that the set is portable.

2. A device as claimed in clause 1 that includes a system to stabilize it by exerting force on the lower part of the vehicle from an element supported by the floor.

3. A device like the one mentioned in clause 1 and 2 that includes a system to move the person on a plane.

4. A device such as the one mentioned in clauses 1, 2 and 3 that includes an arm, body, base, elevator lever, pedal and shoe bra. The arm attached to the person by means of a flexible harness known in the art, which is fastened to a bolt. The person must be within the scope of the device to carry it inside the car; the transfer maneuver is also possible in the reverse direction. The base is secured between the floor and the automobile by a self-sealing system known in the art operated by a pedal. The device is composed of three main parts, arm, body and base. The base and the cleat skate must have a geometry that allows them to be introduced underneath the car, also a pedal-type mechanism and a self-sealing system known in the art, so that when the pedal is operated, the base can be secured against the ground by relying on the the lower structure of the car by means of the support shoe; The self-restoring drive has a way to release the mechanism, so that the clamping shoe is released and it is possible to remove the base to be able to move the device. The base has wheels to facilitate the maneuver of placing the object of the invention, as well as a box to fix the body of the device. In the box the body support can be slid, the box and the support can be of any geometric shape that prevents the body from rotating. The body consists of three main parts, the inner cylinder, the outer cylinder and the lifting screw. The arm, composed of the arm support, a first link, a second link and a third link; the arm support is fixed to the body by any means known in the art; the first link pivots on a bolt and joins the second link by means of a bolt that allows them to rotate; the second link is joined to the third link by means of the bolt that allows them to rotate; the end of the bolt has the possibility to rotate. The arrangement allows three independent turning possibilities in the plane of the arm, thereby achieving a multiplicity of bolt positions. The inner cylinder has longitudinal guides to prevent the outer cylinder from rotating, it also has a support that is assembled in the base avoiding rotation and a nut at the end opposite the support; the nut serves to pull or push and thus achieve the relative displacement that allows to adjust the height of the device. The outer cylinder has slides that are assembled with the guides of the inner cylinder, they are two independent pieces that are fixed to the outer cylinder body by any method known in the art. The outer cylinder has a bearing on the upper end to facilitate the movement of a lifting screw. The elevator screw is a long screw that rotates on the bearing and pulls or pushes the inner cylinder nut to achieve vertical displacement of the outer cylinder. The movement is achieved by operating an elevator lever attached to the lifting screw. The base has legs that are foldable and can be rotated and secured by their respective retaining bolt. The folded and disassembled device can form a package for its transfer, tied with straps. In order to achieve the transfer, the person must wear a flexible mountaineering harness known in the art, which will have to hang on the arm to perform the maneuver of transfer. A device like the one mentioned in clauses 1, 2 and 3 that includes elements to transfer the person in several planes. A device as described in clause 4 which, as an alternative to the configuration of the arm, has the possibility of changing the plane of rotation of the arm by means of an element known in the art. A device like the one mentioned in clauses 1, 2, and 3 or 5 that transfers cargo to and from inside a car. The use of the device like the one mentioned in clauses 1, 2 and 3 or 5 to move people in any position from one place to another. SUMMARY It presents a portable device of low weight and low volume, adaptable to all types of cars, which does not require adjustments to the vehicle, useful for the transfer of people in a sitting position to and from inside a car, which can move loads and is mainly formed by arm, body and base. The arm has a configuration such that it allows a multiplicity of movements and positions to move the person, for which a flexible harness known in the art is employed. The body includes a system for the vertical movement of the person; the base is a system for stabilizing the device by exerting force in the lower part of the vehicle from an element supported by the floor. 1/12 Figure 1 2/12 4/12 Figure 4 5/12 6/12 Figure 6 7/12 8/12 Figure 9 10/12 12/12 Figurad