Abstract: A portable patient lifting assembly (10) of the type for lifting and transporting a patient comprises a moveable base (12), an upstanding support member (14) rigidly fixed to the base and extending generally upwardly therefrom and a cantilevered support member (16) extending in cantilevered fashion from the upstanding support member. The assembly is characterized by the upstanding support member (14) and the cantilevered support member (16) being integrally interconnected for preventing all relative movement therebetween so that the cantilevered support member (16) is fixed relative to the upstanding support member (14). The assembly also includes lifting means (18) for raising and lowering a patient suspending from the fixed cantilevered support (16) to and away from the cantilevered support.

Abstract: A patient chair suspension assembly (10) for raising and lowering a patient from a bed and for moving the patient to other locations. The patient chair suspension assembly (10) includes rigid back (30), seat (40) and leg (50) portions hingedly attached together. The chair portions (30,40,50) are suspended by a suspension assembly (12) which attaches to a support structure. The patient chair suspension assembly (10) is characterized by suspending support means (12) for attaching to each of the chair portions (30,40,50) and supporting the chair portions in a reclining position while the chair portions are suspended.