Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – With rack rail engaging drive
Patent
1994-04-05
1996-06-04
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
With rack rail engaging drive
104 89, 105148, 187201, 280667, 5 811R, B61C 1104
Patent
active
055223222
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for aiding physically-impaired persons in moving between different positions employs a longitudinally-extending elongate track, an upper body support assembly movably mounted on the track, and a motor for driving the support assembly along the track. The support assembly, which preferably comprises a handgrip extending transversely from the track, can be placed adjacent a toilet, chair, bathtub or bed to aid a disabled person in rising or seating himself. Preferably, the support assembly is selectively detachable from the track and transferable matingly to another such track or tracks located elsewhere for similar purposes, or to a similar but longer track located alongside a stairway or level surface such as a hallway.
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Farmer Stanley F.
Herz Glenn E.
Warren Robert C.
Morano S. Joseph
Oberleitner Robert J.
Warren Robert C.
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