Lift - Physical Devices

Physical Devices

  • Elevator or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods
    • Rack lift, a type of elevator
    • Ski lift, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport
    • Space elevator, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into space
    • Wheelchair lift (also called a "platform lift"), a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair in passing a vertical barrier
    • Sling lift (also called a "Hoyer Lift", mobile lift, ceiling lift, or patient lift), a manual or powered lift or hoist to assist a caregiver in transferring a disabled patient from a bed to a wheelchair, gurney, toilet, or chair
  • Elevator shoe, an insole device that makes a person appear taller
  • Forklift, a trucking device
  • Automobile modification to increase the ride height:
    • Body lift, an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame
    • Suspension lift, a modification raising the suspension of the automobile

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