Patents Assigned to Austech & Design Pty Ltd
  • Lifting and transporting device including front load supporting castors and associated linkage system
    Patent number: 9919906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of supporting the load of a bed and/or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Austech & Design Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
  • Lifting and transporting device for wheeled objects including hospital beds
    Patent number: 9913771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of engaging a bed and supporting the load of the bed or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation by engaging the bed wheels and not the bed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Austech & Design Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
  • Lifting and Transporting Device for Wheeled Objects Including Hospital Beds
    Publication number: 20140186148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of engaging a bed and supporting the load of the bed or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation by engaging the bed wheels and not the bed frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AUSTECH & DESIGN PTY LTD
    Inventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
  • Lifting and transportation device
    Patent number: 8127870
    Abstract: An improved lifting and transportation device including an attachment means adapted to engage a wheeled device to be transported; and one or more driving wheels adapted to engage the ground to propel said lifting and a transportation device, whereby, said lifting and transportation device is steerable by the independent engagement of said driving wheels; and a controller adapted to control the motion of said driving wheels and control the operation of said attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Austech & Design Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
  • Lifting and transporting device
    Patent number: 7195104
    Abstract: A lifting device (10) includes a base frame (12), the base frame having associated drive means: a lifting arm (44) connected at a first end thereof to a frame (42), the lifting arm being pivotally movable with respect to the frame and being movable between a withdrawn condition and an extended lifting condition; and a lifting cradle being movable between open and engaged positions. The device is suitable for use in the movement of hospital beds and trolleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Austech and Design Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Adam Thomas Lear