GB2526679A - A hoist and stander apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A hoist and stander apparatus 100 for infirm persons such as elderly or disabled people, the apparatus comprises a boom 102 mounting a jib 118; the boom being connected to a chassis 104 which comprises a pair of ground-engaging legs 108; the boom is pivotably connected to the jib and to the chassis so that the hoist and stander apparatus can be folded by rotating the jib relative to the boom and then rotating the boom and jib relative to the chassis. The ground engaging legs 108 may be rotated from an in parallel position to a splayed open position to increase the stability of the apparatus. The chassis may comprise a kneepad 136 that can be attached to the apparatus and a footplate 140 that may be mounted intermediate the legs of the chassis when the apparatus is to be used as a stand aid. An actuator 122 may be used to raise and lower the free ends of the jib relative to the chassis and a sling may be connected to the apparatus via hooks 132.

Description

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This kwentiori reiates to a ioist and stander apparatus whch.aots as an aid fdr nflrm persons such as &deriy peode and naids sLLh as wtieSchsw users refered to throughout the: fbUown secifldafldh as uédrs.

1P tn PUi the present inventbn is diitded towards an apparatus which can be used as erther a host or as a stand aid by users who are iicaoabe of rnoiny about freety urtsuØp&tód. The CtCths acts as n inahd carhge for the rtioverMht &f user& hortattkt. as ahØist.qr as stsnd aid.

ThroughOut. this pecific»=tion. the term hoist' sha:U be urderstood to encompass ari type of iiftiig ao'cr or raising users c'cb thai their weight is supported entre'y b the apparatus A noist wU b mounted Qfl a whee'ed chassis so as a fort-n an ir vald carriage, which wiU adow a user to be transferred from one position to another when supported by the hoist Thtougiout this specification the tems sta9d aid sandei apparatus' stander and "riser' shau be understood to be ango and to encompass any type of articulated device which assists a user to transition from a non-standing p.osiflon into a stanong post on and/or from a standing Dositlon mc a non-ctand Og posiflon,. whereby at least a portion of the users weight is supported by themsetves in the standing position. Once the. user has been transitionS frOm S:nohseated.

position to a seated position, the user may he. transferred tram. one location to.

another using. the stand ad ast invalid carriage.

The prior art discloses various types of hoists, and sepsrately, gtand aids whth are used by users in specific situation-s which require either a hoist or a stand aid, These are separate.dev.ices in the prior 2.

For exampie, transferring a user out of bed, into a vehide or into a seat wi often require a hoist, Thestander u:nt is used in dlfferent'scenarios whereby'tha user may be exercSd by repeatedly transitioning from and nonstanding position into a standing Øosition, or could be employed by a use P themseive to change their coated poc to-' so as to avod pressure sofe that may othe%vse arse from not changing theft se.aed position br abong'pedod o tfrn.e.

As these two dCvicS csrry odt very diftérént. ,ddts.,, they have hdrCtof'bE'd been dA gned as two separate devices TS is in pa t ouc to the technical piob.ens of 0 ettempting to provide a single device a>abie o acting as both a hoist ana as a stand aid. The' technical problems with tt'ie phor art devices' relate to th need for a wide bade fOr dtabflity,and a, harro* base tor manOedvrabiiity, Stbillt' inipbriane with h0 hO1t and Ctát eld, but manoeuvrabuiL is of impØrtence r to hoist,. As a consequence, desiners' will oftentimes compron'iise between stability and lb manoeuvrabthty when aesigirnng a hoist whereas designers wd not compromise on the stabili'y of the.siandar unit as they do. not need to improve Ps rnanoeuvrabillty.

An exa.m,pic of a hoist,is shown in European Patent Publication 5P2508158 (ARJO HOSPiTAL EQLHP ENT AS) The hctt apparatus describ. for ifti:p.g a lad 2C and the host apparatus compnses an elorgate bad bearing member eying a longitudinal axis, connected' to.ah inLermediate support member comprising a hoist connection element; and edjustnie'nt means for ajtsting the orientation of the lo.ngi'tudinl axis of the elongate load beañn mcrnbe-r rei.etive to the horizontal by adjusting the configuration of pats of the intermediate supped member. These. hoists are used to fully support the weight. of a user and are hung from a jib on a ranveable camage forrmng the orall hoist dcv ce An example f a stand aid is shown in the UK Patent Publication Number GB 2,14O772 A JAMES INDUSTRIES LIMITED) whereby'a user is transitione'd between C a nonstendrg posihor and a ctnnthng position Wh 1sf the tcrm hoist' is used in ths specification, it can, be seen that the user supports',. at, least in part, theft hodyweight in the stC:nding position and the device is therefore not' troly acting as a hoist in the sense that the device does' not lift the user into a position whereby ali of the user's hodvweight. is supported by the device. Nonetheless, the de'1ce shown in UK Patent Pubucation Number GB 24bc773 A describes how a sling is wrapped around a users back and underneath thefr drmpits. The sang is connected to hooks. tn an articulated arm and as the articulated arm is rotated, the user's upper torso will be urged uØwards and bwarda the standet unit to assist the User in transitiotting from a nonstanding position nto a standing posttion.. A kneepad and footr4ate is used to assist in retaining tI lower psrt at the users legs in a s.bstariflafly stSic posthon and to absist the user n rotating then knee and hip jo nts whe Udnsdionng from the non stAndilhç) position it the Madding ØbUdn.

it A further exanipie f a stand aid. is shown. in European Patent Publication Number EP O 541 901 Al (PARKLR) The qtand ad is of a sumla constwcbon tu tho previousy dsdribed stand. aid ih that the stand cotrpnses an articuistod.aht UhcP1 is *coflitad to a sg The fing is again placed beneath the user's rmplts and wrapped around thaw back As Me articulated arm is rotatee upwardly by an acthaoT the uSSr WiU bG Urged into the Standing position, As before, both footplates and kneepade are used by the stand aid order to assist the user in transitionihg into the standing po&ton, A problehi for uers of bcth hoiMs and. stand aids is the need for both of these ddvices results ih. having two separate devices which must b.e taken th the user wherever they go and the eparte devlc take p considerable space. the cost of ha ty to purchase a-i rnai itan two sepaatc dovices is also a cowneS to the separate. nature of thetd prior device& Also te dvices known orn The pror art tend to he o a breakdown co istrucAnri Therefore. it a user wishes to bring cnè of these devices on holiday or:to a terhnorary location, the device wUl need to he broken: down and r&assembied at its new location 11 is s a brie corsdrrlng or the tar and additnna1ly traduces a possth Idy whereby device s not correctly raaasernbled in a sufficiently robust manner and may consequently represent a health and safety risk for the user.

It is a goal of the present nve.ntion to provide an apparatus that at east One of the above mentioned problems.

nvent!Qn The present invention is directed towards a holst and stander apparatus comprising a boom mounting. a jib; the boom being connected to a chassis,. whereby the chassis conipr sea a paw of groundengagnq legs te boom erng pivutably connected to the jib and to the chassis so that the hoist and stander apparatus can he cdllapsed By des'gnuig the hoist and stander apparatus to be col'apsible as opposed to he of a bfefldOwn chatrucUØn. thø oit aqd tarider appor&us is stth oapb Ia S being 10. folded intc a low profile arrangement fo.r easy storage and portabiltty, wHat. the user wifi not be IrKovenrced by hang to break apart the apparatus and re-ssSrhbi.e.it at a. neW Idbàtbn.

The present nvention a 4urther thrected to a hoist and stander apparatus 1.5 comprlsing a boom mounting a jib the boom beiog connected to a chasss, whereby the chassis comprises s pair of: groundengagfrig legs whth are capable or being rotatod from an in-pwalieJ position to a splayed open pq5Ucn.

The. advantage of proiding. the pair of groun engagirq gs wnPch are capable of 2{' being rohted from an n-oaraei posit on I'-n spla'ed open pobthon is [hat the hit end stand& apparatus, being a ci igle opparaLis can perform the twiction of a hoist and eisa thatof a stand aid, whilst also having the abilityto alterthe width of its basa ft will be readily understood that the hoist and stander apparatLs can he operated as either a hoist or a stander wit'l the gourd-engaging legs berg in tho in-parafl& position Rotating Me grourc$-engagng eg ttm ia tn-para1e1 asthor o the splayed open positicn simpy increasha the Mahibty cf the apparatu. ln this Wa, user will oniy requite one piece of anparatus to carry air Doth of these ft nctions Ibis reduces not only the capital cost of invesUng in the. apparatus, but also reduces the amount of space requtired for.storaga of the devitea when the devices are not in use.

3D The rotation of the legs from the in-parallel arrangement to the splayed. open arrangement allows a relatively narrow configuration to be given to the hoist and stander apparatus so as te increase manoeurabfflty n tight scaces suci as caravans, RVs, osts aircraFt aisles and the me or o splay o,en the leqa to mproe stability of the device when there. is a greater chance of.a userasserfing en offaxis force on the apparatus.

fri a further embodiment, the boom is pivotaby connected to the jib and to the chassis o that the hoist and stander apparatus Can be coUapsed. By designing the hoist and stander apparatus to be cdllapsibe. as. opposed to be of a breakdown constructon, the hoist and standerapparalus is sthl c8pabe of befrg ioised into a low profile a"argement for easy s1⁄2rage arid portdbddy, whilst the iser wil4 not be in.cohvènidnced by haVin to. btSk aØàrt the Cpai-ãlus eno e-àssdrbIó tat a öW In a further embodiment, the hoist and stander apparatus cbthfrises rñeans for tedéiin a kndØad drry Whidh i.cOhn*rted to. a kheead andis uS tO rtain the kneepad at 0 projectød diatan.pe from the bopm, In a further erpbodiment, the means for teceMng a.kne.epad arm comprisesat least one through hole which the kneepad arm passes through, and the kneepad arm comprises a plurafity of indents which $re earth capable to receive a locking pin,.

ucTh, ;hat the kneepd arm may b sUd. akng the through hole. to an approximate dcci ad position anc the ncking pin may be inserted into the riearect iriont to secure the knee pad arm atthat positiOn.

In a further embodiment, a footpbte may be mounted intermediate the grourd-engag rig legs wt'e the hoist and stanriw aparatus a to be used as a stand aid 2:5 In a further embodiment, the apparatus has an actuator to raise and lower freei ends of the jib relative to The chasis, anc, the abtuator is an etecthcally powered actuator In t another embodiment the actuator is a hydrauRo tarn. in a twther embodnent the actuator is a pneumatic tam In a furtne embodiment the actuator may be a. motor positioned adjacent a jib. .piyot.point at n upper end of the boom, so as to cause rotation of the ib relative to the boom about the jib pivot point: In a further ombodirnert te hoist and stander apparatus may be coatec n an antfr :n'iicrobiat film. -6.

n a further embodiment, the hoist and stander ?pparatys may be constructed of a *hoUOw metal tUbinq. This sWoWS the hoist and stander apparatus to be relatively ghtweight.

n a urther.embodinient, the hoist end stander apparatus comprises castor wheeis to allow the hoist and stander apparatus to be easily rnanoeuvred, n a fuitrer embothment a oosihou at th usr relative to the hoist and stand aid apparatus when being hoisted s in front, of tree ends of the jib when the user is beng hosted aid the users fuU body wegflt is supported by the horet and stander appratUs.

Detailid Descrbtion S Ethbpdkiients the inVenfin wifi be ore clearly understood forn the 4bping description of sorne embodiments thereof, given by way of example. qy with. reference to the.

accompanying drawings which. may not be. to. scald, in. which.: Figure 1 is a peispecUve view ole hoist and stander apparatus in accordance.

20. wifh th precept inveption in a stander çopflguration with legs splayed open Figure 2 a side eievatro view of the hoist aid stander apparatus of flgurt 1 in the stander configurat on wr egs splayed open ano a b in a kwered fOstion-Figure 3. is. side elevation View of the hoIst and stander apparatus of Fiqura I in the stander configuration wth the legs splayed open and the jib in a raised position; Figure 4 is top view of the. hoist and slander apparatus of Figure 1 in the.

stander confiuration With the legs splayed open; and Figure is a further side elevation view of the. hoist and stander apparatus of FIgure 1 tn the s3ander co ifignton with the og ep ayeo open Figure 6 i a dSail view at means for attaching a kneepad to the hoist and stander apparatus of Figure 1; Figure 7 is a side eiev'tion viw of the hOist and stdnder apparatus.f Fiçure 1. in the stander configuration with the i09$ splayed open, showfrig a users ppsiton with the jib f1:& lowered position; flguc $ a s1de a evator vew of the hos and stander appdraYus of iqure I in the sthndè.r configuration with the logs splayed open, showing a.

users position with the jib in a raised posihon FigUre 9 is a perspqtivØ Ø* f a ho! and stander apparatus of gure 1 in, a hStconflguration; Fiire 10 s a side eevet[on view pf the host. and stander apparatus rf.

Figure 1 in the hoist co.nf uration. with The j i a. raised position.; Figure 11 is a side eievation view of the hoist, and standet aparatus of Figure I'm the Mat configuration with the jib in abwered position; Figure 12 s a top view of the hoist and standerapparatus of Figure tin the hoist contIgutatiorr Figure. t3 is a side ei.evatio'n view of the. h&st and stander ap'patBtus. f Figure line coliapsed stata Figure 14A is a side eISvati.on view of the hoist and stander apparatus of Figure 1 in, the hoistconfiguration with the Jib j a rSed position; Figure 148 is a side elevation view of the hoist and stander apparatus of F%gure I n tie rost carl gurabcn wth the pb n a ly aol apsed poshon, Figure 14(1 is a side. elevation view 61 th.e hOiat and stander apparatus of Figuraiin the hoist. Oonfigurflon with both the jib and the boom arm in a fdll.y coflapsed po&tions; Figure iSA is a perspective view df the hoist and stander apparatus of Figure 1 in hoist confiaLiration with the Jb in a raisS posilior.i; Figure 15B a perspective view of the hoist and stander apparatus of Figure 1 lb the hoist confIguration *ith the jib in a fully coUapsed podidob; Figure 5C s a perspecive view o the hoist and stAnder apraratuc f Figure 1 in ftc host cant guration with both the jib and the boom ann in a fui.le collasdd positibb; Figure 16 is a user shown carrying the hoit and stander apparatus of FIgure 1 in its coapsedstate; FigLre 17 a front perspective view of the hcst ai d stander dpparatus Ui the atarde.r configuration n an efternative emhc.dirnent with recessed individual kneepads;.

Fgure 18 is a rspechve iew of he hoist cia stander appar&us in the slander ccn'lgration with the tegs n an inparahS positio nd the h in a lowered position and.

Figure 1Q is a top, view of the hoist and stander apparatus in the stander configuration with he le in n iiparalt& posftion and thc h ri a oworod pc.sition.

Referring to Figure 1 to 5 inclusive there i provided a hoist. and stander apparatus indicate generally by refCrence numeral IOU. The hoist and stander apparatus 100 comprises a boom 102 which is connected to a 104. via a boom pht point 10$. The boom 102 is therefore capable of rotating relative tO the. chassis 104, to which it s connectec to a ay o the ooorr pvot porn 10$ at a substantaPv mutial1y cctagona angle. During, use, the boom 102 is fixed in a substantiaiy vertical -9,.

orientation, and it is securely locked in pace; however, ide boom pivot point 106 allowa ie boom 102 to be lowered nto a substan'ally honontal o-sentaUon when the 17 dat and Snder apparatus 100 is to be collapsed into a low profile arrangement for storag.e Or transport.

A pair of ground-engaging legs 4PM, 1088 are connected to the chassis 104 in substantially the same horizontal plane as the chésdis 1014. The leg IOBA. 1088 pityide the hOist add tànd17 app'aratui 100 With stàbilityl. Th I USA. 1088 Aie connected to me chass a 104 y way of ockaNe 1C9 PWOI mechanisms 12 whrch are to provided at each free end of the chassis 104 and are connected là the legs inter,rnedLete the free,dh'dC of fbe legs I GSA. 1086. CStor whe&s' 11: 1lB, 1100, ar aflachad, edjacent the free ends of tht' les 1DM, 1088. U will bel readily appredted that tha castor wheSs i IDA, 1108, I'C, 1100 aw the hoist and stander apparatus 100 to be easily manoeuvred. There may otcourse be brakes on 15: the castor wheels and indeed alternative, types of heel's may, used, The lockable leg pivot mechanisms 112 allow the legs 108k 108B to he rotated within the suhbtantially nqr zc tal plane such that len angle ltive to the onsas s 104 may be slightly opened or closed, When the host and stander apparatus 103 s bemg used as a ho a', the legs 108A I OSS may be rotated sjiçh as to he at substantially right angles to the chassis 104 within the substantially hohzontal plane. In this manner, the overall width of the hoist -md stander apparcitub 130 will be determireo by the distdnc between the leqa 1DM, 1086. When the' hdst and a ndS:i apparatus 100 is used in a heist configurabon the width between the legs IOSA 1086w U he hIntiaUy tqu4I atnnq the lenth of the, legs. 1GM TOSS as the,legs 108k 1.086 Will, run substantially in parallel to one another.

When the hoist and stander apparatus lCD is used in a stander confiouration. the legs 1 USA. 1088 may be slightly splayed open as is shown in Figures 1 through 4 in order to icrease stabi Ity altbottgh t is fully envisaged that the apparatus nay he operated as a stander with the. legs in n in-parallel closed position as shown in Fiqures ta.and 19.. io

ft will be understood that by splayhg. the kys 108k 108B outwardty, this wifi ncrease the overad width of the hoist aid stander unit 100 when ii' the stand aid configuration Howevet' this wd& configuratio?i wHI also:mprove the stability Of the hoist and stander apparatus 100 which is import nt when a user may be reliant on the hoist a.nd:stancer apparatus 100 to act as a. stable tase dudng their. transition from a non-standingposWon to a standing ppsit nThis necessary as the user is more hkeiy LU apy Si offStis force to the hoit and stander.apbratus 100 When the use iE attemptvq some level of ohysical assertion themaeLves in goirg from a non-standing position to a standIng position. This abilfty to alter the. width of the hoist and stander 0 apparatus to suit the reqAirernents of the otheent configurations of he host ano tSndCr dppaàtub 100 is. VieWed S.é ve4' roVCl ahd UniUe a.pfroath Whith heretofore not been knawn cm the prior 1t, As such ev niut be very stable to..

ensure the safC utilisafion of the devices by users, it iscounterirduitive for designer to allow the egs wtch are me man component in proidng stab uty to the device, to be rotated ta a 1&atvev narrow thnfiquraUofls Hcwevor the great advantage of the present invention is that it aô the hoist end stander apparatus 100 to be chenge4 into a nrower configuratiors and therefore &lo greater maneuvathKy of the hoist anc stander apparatus 100 ii tight spaces such as aisles on eh ces and ni"craft recreationS. vehicles (RYs). carovans. coaches, boats end the 11⁄4e, or indeed. withih tight spaces such as bathrooms end hallways and the ke n dwel inqa and.ui'0ins Relernng sti:E to hgures through b lncLslve, the boom 10 extenth subtanhaPy verttcal'y apwardly Adlacent an,ipper end 14 of tne -acm 1t12 there is provided a handle 11$ to allow a tsar, cc an assistaS. to firmy hold and manoeuver the hoist.

Th arid,tanckr apparatus 100 as ieee scary A ib 118 oopends outwardly from adacent the upoer crc 114 of the boom 102 The ic 115 is connected sdjacent the jpper tnd 14 of the boom 102 va a pb pivot pomt 120 The pb 118 may therefore iotate relative tote boom 102 by virtue of the Jib pivot point 120. The Jib 11ff terininatesin a U-shaped arm 130 whioh mountsThooks 132 atih.e free ends 134k, 1348of the U-shaped arm 130. ln use, a sling or othersuch device may he onnected to the hoist and stander apparatus lOOvia the hooks 132. Itwili of course be readily appreciated that a number of alternative abutment means or securing means may he used in place of the hocks 132. For example, inter afia., fastens ms such as oop and buttons, clamps, rings, hook and loop material sold under the registered trademark VELCFO. 1*'!

and the like may be used instead at the hooks. 132. The. sling may be of the type shown in the abov&dentifled prior art documents, which. is to say, the sling would extend around the back of a user and beneath their armpits. Alternatively, fun body slings, which the UsCr tuliy sits or lies ito, may be used wten the hoist and stander 5. apparatus 100 is being used. as a hoist.

An actuator 422 is provided intermediate a connection plate 128, which s located djàcht a lÔ*ei irid. di the boOn 1.02. and the jib 118. Activatioh..of the dctuSto 122 rotetion of the ft. 118 r iative to the boom 1.02 about the jib pivot oiflt 120. A 49 corrroler 28 s prondod on the host cia sthndtr apparatjs 100 a coto thu onerabon of the actuator 122 Ir a pieferrei ernboJmen the actuator 122 s an eiOctrafl-drivn actuator ãrt'i which is pOwdred b a h tte.iy (hot shbwh), in further embodiment, pneumetib rni, hidraulic rams, motors orcrew may be used in order to cause rotation of the jib ItS relativety boom 102. !ndeed, it is also foteseen thatany means capable of causing the jib 118 to rotate relative to the. boortt could be used by the hoist and stander apparatus 100Th Iace of the actuator 122.

The hoist and star.de.r apparatus 100 is shown in F'gures I to 5, in one, en-ibpdiment bf the stand aid confi.uration, where the legs are in the splayed open position. hoist and stander aparntus I 4 shown in Fi$ures 18 and 19 in the alternative embodiment of the tnnd aidcopgvratk.n, Where the legs are in the ci:osed i parallel position. In the configuration dhown in Figure ito 5, the legs 1GM, lOBS awsptayed open, as shown and a Iruitcated ve&shaptid ktpate 11U h8vng c onnecIon bps alOng ether side s mornted onto the eg' bOA 108 Tie coiplate lAO}s thusty mour.ted between the legs 108A, 08B and provide a stable platform for a user to plabe their tOdt on to. In the configuration shown in Figures 18 and W th.e legs 108A., 1085 arc closea fl the nparaItel pcsflon, and a euh%tanUally rerarguarshaped footptate 180) nang connection h9s alcig eithe' s.de a rrouiteo onto the egs bOA, IO8Eto provide a stable.pletiorm.lora userto place their U.et on to.

A kneepad 1035, winch s preferably cus'ioned a onq ta o1ward.y snowng face, s connected to the boom 102 via a kneepad arm i.S8 and a means 142 for receiving.

the kneepad. arm, The. kneepad arm 138 extends between (he kneepad 136 and the means 142 fOr receiving the: kneepad arm 138.. The means 14$ for rceiving the kneepad arm 128 comprises a pair of.throuh holes. 144 Which the kneepad arm 138 passes:through. the.kneepad arm 18 comprises, a. purahty of indents 146 which are eac-1 cacable to reoen.e a tockng pn 148, such that the kneepad arm 136 nay he sd through the pair of through holes 144 to an approximate desired position and the 6 locking pin 148 may ba in:aerted into the nearest indent 146 tO secUre the knee pad arm i at that position. the.kneepad atm 1.8 is secured to the kneepad 136 aLa rearward side of the kneepad 136, which. is opposite to the outwardly showing face. p1 the kneepad tk, An ditemdftve kwepad is showr in Figire 17 and lb where rSbei&ed individU& knetads 1IOOA, 17005. are ued m Of the kIlspa4: 1 3$ 1.0. wht i a' &nierectangubrpsce:keepad.

ih ue. the hoist and stander apparatus 100 may b used as either a hSt, or, 48. a stand io', This ability to { a. eithe a hoist t stand aid of the pren invenf lan When the hoist and slander' .appara:Lus 100 in one embodiment of the stand aid configratons as thovvn n Figures 1 through 5, the te IOBA 1088 ae soiayu<i open and the fpotplate 140 is mourited'bebveen. the tees baA iO$B. The kneeped 136 is connected to the boom using the kneepad arm 138. The caster he.eis IIQA,.

Y0, 11CC 1100 may he locked inpostion dump trarston from standng tostting and the heist, nd stander apparatus. 100 can nOw be used as a stand aid by The user When the user has been raised to' the standing positic.n, the caster heeis tWA, 1108 11 CC, 1 1W may be unlocked am. the user may be transported in the standIng position whis.t the hoist arid stabder apparatus 100 bei.n9 used. 5k a stand aid. 2.5

With rel'erenoe to Figures and.6, when u&n,g the hoist' and stander apparatus tOO as a stand ai the user 700 wU sit.facinq the booni 102 and with their feet 702 on the tootplate 40 and with their knees o shn's 704 abutting agarst th knoepad 136 ho user 700 wUl activate the actuator 122 so as to tSl.SC the U-shaped arm 1.30 of the lit 118< As described hereinbefore. a sting ne.t shown) may oe'wrapped around a user's back beneath theft armpits so as to urge the upper torso of the user upwardly and sightly trards the boom 102 The kreepad 136 wUl prevent he user 00 from e.ntire shifting forward towards the boom 10.2 and wiU cause the'users hips and knees to rotate and transition the user from a nonstandin:p position into a 1.3 sLthstahtLsfly sta.ndin position. This may be repeated to exercise the users mustles and limbs and/at to enabe the user: 700 to shift their position in a seat so as to avoid pressure sores from devebpkig.

When in the. hdist ccnfiguration, as is shown in Figures 9 o 12 incusive, the leQs tUBA, 1086 may be arranged:to be substantially in paraflel with one another and the foctpate 140 aiong with the kn.eepad i3o:and kneepad arm 138 are removed fom the hoist and stander apparatus I 00 sling is hung from the hooks 132 and a user (not thowh. niay be sUpØorted within the.sflr and thUsiy can be lifted by the hUist 1:0 a:nd stander appa.tus 10.0.b actathig the actuwør 122, A vtibn Of the actuator t) exteno causes the vh 118 to rotate relabve to IC buorn 102 such as to IJtt the free ends 134A. 1348 away from the égs IOM, 1Q89.

In ths conhguratwn a battery 900 s shown on the rost and stander apparatus 100 Alternative power sources may be used instead of the battery.

An important aspect of the present invention is. the P jon of the free ends 1.34A,.

h48 r&a'we to the user as the user s being no"ei the posthon of rhe user relat to the ppartus whn being hosted. a:mportantas the proximity of the.nd of the jib eIative th the user reduces the swaying of the user, which allows The legs to be.

poe botc elatweI close tuethe such that th auperatus s relabely narrow n dimensions, and thus.albws the narrow dimensioned apparatus can fit down narrow spaces, and the like Tho length of "ie jh tB, mnUudng the J-snoped arm 130 rs atw& start &uch that a uer, when thew ftPl bdy weght s supported b the hosst 2S era stander apparatus 100 in a eaveiy short shngs wrk be hthstec n fran' at the ice ends i34A, 1348 of the jIb 118. this result,s in the user swaying benthth to jib 11.8 to a lesser extent than is known from the prior. As a.congnce, the hoist and stander apparatus tOO may use tags 1aM, 1088 whch are held apart from one another at a lesser cfistanca than is norniatty known from. he. prior art. In this manner, the hoist and stander apparatus tQQ of the present invention retativeiy narrw in comparison to prior aft devices and indeed it is capabie of fitting down standard width a reraft esles ncr ro spaces and the liKe Thrs is of acHy of great advantage to the user.

Refening now to Figure 13, the hoist and stander apparatus 100 is shown £n its futli cbUapsed state. Prior art devices are known to be: made of breakdown construdhoil which. requfre the user to separate the parts of the. device from one another and re assemble the parts together in the correct manner, tensioning the bolts and other S fixing rnèan apprco.riãtely, when the. device has bsn relocated.. The hOist sod stander apparatus ioa of the present invention is.co.Rapsibe in the sense that the ony parts wHch are reniovthle froni. the apparatus 100 are the footplate 140 and the kneepad 135 The Jsbapeo arm 130 which forms part of the jic' 1B the jic 118, the boom 02, the aituaIo 122 th Lhabsls 104 and thi ys Th8A, 1088 sic the main ompnen parts o the hast and stanoer appaa1us RIO ot tht present invention and these man compoflant parjs are not separated from one another as the hoist and stander apparatus. 100 is folded down. Into!ts coftapsed stète. Instead, the actuator 122 is dperatdd tO fully rétrdOf it shaft iithihthe 5ytinder body.ahd in do[n be rOtate the 4b I 1 and U-shaped Sn i30 into a subatsotSy paafle Ørieflttion relative to the boom 102. The boom 102 itay then be rotated about the bocm pivot point 106 such that it s rotated from a substantially verti.ai position fflc a.suLsmotially horizontal position., which is substantially in pwall& with and adjacent to the legs icaA, IOSB. The Jit. 1.18 tits between.th&e.gs IOBA, iO8B En the tub collapscd state.

This colapsed state. can be dearly seen in Figure 5. The transifFon from the: in-use state to the collapsed state in shown in Figures 14AA4C and 15A45C, where it can he cedrly een how the jib iotaths about the po ovot port 120 and the Looni 102 rptates about the boom pivot point 106 to cause, the hoist and tand.er apparatus 100 to tUly to lapced with the iced for any tools or o absembly ci park or breakdown of the hoist and stander apParatus 100. This is of great acNantag.e. When fully to lapsed the handle 116 can be used to wanally hft the noist and stander apparatus iOG at one tnd. and roil the hoist end stander apoa.rátus. 1.00 along rca rward caster Nhees 11 DC, IIQD as shown r Figure 16 In a preferred embodIment., the hoist and stander apparatus 100 have:a mass of 3.0. approximately 23kg. including the replaceable battery. The hoist and stander appaia u 100 is envisaged to be capable of hoisting & mass of acproxinatelv 140kg The legs 1084 1038 wdi be anpnximately 3 em in height and the height of the foist ena stander pparatus 100 in the ki l)e collapsen state wi I be approxr,a'ey 11cm, Due to the. collapsible nature of the. hoist and stander apparatus 100 of the present invention, it is envisaged that the hoist and stander apparatus 1.00: can be platedn. boot or trunk of a vehide and easily carried around with. user for the users benefit, 5. The term c0mpris& and 1nclude, and sly variations 4erec:f required for grammatical reasOns, are to. be considered, as *interchaneab!e and acoorded the *wides possibie nterpr*$on..

ft *il be unddfstod that* the bdn'pohents shown in any cf the drawihg ate hot necessarfy cran to sca'e, ard ke pa-s siown n sevea1 drawngs e desqnated the same reference numerals.

-invention i hOt imitëd to the.etnbodirnerds héreinbéfore désOribed wbidh, n, he varied in both construction and detaiL -18

Claims (2)

1. CLAIMSA hotst and stander apparatus comprising a boom mountin.g a jib; the boom being codnected to a: chasms, Whibsd the. thassi cofrprises a pair f groundeflgagI legs, the boom being p votabj connected to tne pb and to the.chass:is w. that the hoS and stander apparatus can be Co lapsed by rotabng the jib reiatve to the boom anc then rotating the bourn and jib.r&àhve.to the chàsSsd thdt the hoist ñd stand.apprtts 10. is ceiLa$ed.
2. 2 A hoist and stard ad apparatus as claimed in Cain-, wherurn 14b nestles between the par of gi ound-er gaging regs whan the ho t and starder apçaratue is collapsed. ii:3. A hdit and stand id apparatus as cialmed in cialnis 1 or 2, wherdtn the pair of grou dongagi ig legs are capaa of being rntaec from an in-patafl& positton to a spkyed open position 4 A noist and stand aid apparatus as claimed in any crecedig larms, wherein hoist and stander apparatus cc..mprises means for receiving a kneepad arm which is connected to a kneepad and said kneepad arm is used to retain the kneepad at a selected distance from the boom.2:5 5. A h&st and stand aid apparatus. as claimed in claim 4 wherein the means for recei ng a Knepad arm comprises at least one througi' hole wklcn the kneepad arm passes through, and the kneepad arm:conipdses a plurality ot indents wnich are each canable to 000NC a ockng pi i, auch tat the kneepad arm may be sik. along the I roug.h hoic t an aopredrnate desired position and Inc locking pin may be insorted into f ho ioarnst indent to secure the knee pad arm at that selebted. position..6. A hoist and stand ak apparatus as.Sairned in. any preceding clam, wherem a footplate may be mountec nternediate the grouc-ongaging legs when the hoist and stander apØdratus lb to be usd0. as.ä stand d. i77. A hoist and stand aid apparatus as c.airned in any pieceding claim, wherein, a position of the kser relative to the hoist and stand aid apparatus when being hosted is in fran t of free ends of the jib when the user is being hoisted and the users. ti body weight is supported by the hoiI. and S stan8er apparMus.-S. A Mst end, tand el apparatus as ciaimod in any preceding claire, whetn the hoist and standär apparatus t rnpnses castor wheels to adow the hoist and stander aØparatus'to be.eesy manosuvred< to 9 A hoist and stand' aid appatus as claimed, in any preceding claim.wherein the hoist and stander apparatus cormprises a coating of anti-rnicrot.ial fitm.ID. A iOist And tAnd aid apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim, Whereii the hoist end atandér' CpMratua may he constructed Of hot meld tub. ing.11. A hoist and stand aid apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim', where n tie host and stander apparatus compises an actuator to atse and lower free. endé .cl: tn jib reiative to the chass, And, the actuAto.r i an &ectri.lly powred. a'd.iuator.12. A hoist: and stand aid apparatus as: claimed in claim 11 wherein the actuatonis a hydrauflc rant *t3 A hoist and stand aid apparatus as. claimed in claim 11 wherein the actuator' is a pneumatic: ram.14. A. hoist and stand aid apparatus as claimed ih claim II, whe,ren the actuator may be a motor positioned adjacent a jib Øivot point at' an.up:per cod o he boom, so as to case rotatofl of Uie)b re atue to the boon about the jib pivot point..