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