Apparatus for lifting - Patent 1256334

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EP 1 256 334 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(21)	Application number: 02253218.8

(22)	Date of filing: 08.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61G 7/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

08.05.2001 GB 0111208

(71)	Applicant: Chiltern Invadex Ltd.
	Bicester, Oxon OX6 7UL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Pearce, Philip Richard Weedon, Northamptonshire (GB)

(74)	Representative: Howson, Richard G.B.
	fJ Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)

(54)	Apparatus for lifting

(57) Apparatus (10) for lifting the body of a person includes a carrier bar (20) with a respective end bar (30) at each end thereof. The ends of the end bars (30) are provided with a respective latch (32) for engaging a peripheral lip of a tray on which the body that is to be lifted rests. The apparatus (10) also includes a pivot member (40) which is suspended from a cable of a crane and which is operable to engage structure of the lifting apparatus (10) so as to lift the apparatus (10) and the tray engaged thereby. The pivot member (40) is selectively positionable relative to the apparatus (10), so as to maintain the tray, and the body thereon, substantially horizontal.

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