Abstract: A beam contained in a horizontal plane and suspended by a frame equipped with a lift and column on a vertical axis, with rotation of the beam in said horizontal plane, and equipped with at least one C-shaped body handling tong and preferably a plurality thereof and each adapted to pass beneath and at least partially under a person's body to lift the same, and characterized by instantly adjustable and immediately removable vertical height positioning means for suspending the body handling tongs.

Abstract: A seat for persons using the cross-legged "lotus" sitting position, characterized by a substantially horseshoe-shaped support with top and bottom surfaces and with a broad central portion for supporting the buttocks, and comprised of a pair of bilaterally symetrical and divergent sections with piers extending forwardly establishing a space therebetween to lower and to position both feet and folded lower legs with the buttocks raised for comfort; a unit to be used at floor level or raised by and/or incorporated in a chair or the like.