Lift for enabling a person in a wheelchair into and out of a pool or body of water

摘要

A powered lift for facilitating the entry and exit of a person in a wheelchair 10 from the wheelchair and into a pool 2 and out of the pool back into the wheelchair including a platform support 19 secured to the pool deck to provide front sections 21 and 22 that define an opening there between and prevent movement of the wheelchair such that the wheelchair is positioned in operative relationship with a powered lift mechanism 30 such that a seat on the lift, which is optionally physiologically conformable, aligns with the forward edge of the seat of the wheelchair 15f in the upward extension of the lift to allow transfer of the person from the seat of the wheelchair to the seat of the lift and from the lift seat to the seat of the wheelchair in an essentially horizontal movement transverse to the forward edge of the wheelchair seat with the assistance of handrail guides 50.