Patents Assigned to Echo Corporation
  • Patent number: 4934003
    Abstract: A disabled transferring device comprises a stationary base and a rotary base coupled with the stationary base for forming a base assembly. An actuation lever assembly which has an actuation lever having a pivot point in the vicinity of one end and an actuation point at the other end, is pivotally supported on the rotary base of the base assembly. A pivotal support shaft is secured onto the level in the vicinity of the pivot point in such an arrangement that the securing point of the pivotal support shaft is oriented at the pivot point or between the one end and the pivot point with a first distance to the pivot point of the lever. The first distance is much shorted than a second distance between the pivot point and the actuation point. A saddle to mount thereon the disabled is mounted on the top end of the support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Echo Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hayakawa, Takao Arai, Osamu Tanaka, Hiroshi Iijima, Hiroki Suzuki, Fumiyuki Matsuno, Kenji Misugi