Apparatus for accommodating wheelchairs in public transportation

Details Apparatus for accommodating wheelchairs in public transportation Apparatus for accommodating wheelchairs in public transportation

1980-09-08

1982-07-13

Sheridan, Robert G.

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Self-loading or unloading vehicles

Successive handling means

296 64, 340568, 340686, 410 1, 410 3, 414507, 414921, B60P 306

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043392245

ABSTRACT:
A system for accommodating persons confined to wheelchairs in a public transportation vehicle, such as a bus, includes a main turntable having a padded centerpost. A ramp attached to the vehicle effects conveying of the wheelchair and the person occupying it to the edge of the turntable, allowing the wheelchair to be moved onto one of a plurality of stations into which the turntable is divided. The turntable is then rotated to align another station for receiving another wheelchair from the ramp.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4109809 (1978-08-01), Clark
patent: 4131209 (1978-12-01), Manning

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