APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING A USER INTO A SQUAT POSITION

摘要

This invention concerns as a portable apparatus for assisting a user into a squat position. The apparatus includes a frame, a lifting mechanism, a seat support carried by the lifting mechanism and a seat carried by the seat support. The lifting mechanism is operable between a first, raised position and a second, lowered position. The lifting mechanism further includes an actuator for biasing the lifting mechanism into its first, raised position, thereby exerting a lifting force on the seat support that acts to counter the weight of the user such that the user's movement from a standing to a seated position is controlled by the lifting force and the user's movement from the seated position.