Material or article handling – Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
Patent
1994-06-14
1995-07-11
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
414540, 224497, 224521, 410 30, B60R 9042, B60R 906
Patent
active
054315220
ABSTRACT:
A scooter holder having a low profile is attached to the trailer hitch of a vehicle. The attachment member is adjustable and invertable so that the scooter holder may be used with vehicles of differing heights. The holder includes a scooter supporting platform that is in a raised and folded configuration when it is not supporting a scooter, and which when raised returns to its folded configuration if no scooter is atop the platform and which remains unfolded when raised with a scooter on the platform. Throwing a switch causes the platform to lower and unfold in a gradual, continuous motion until it reaches a fully unfolded, lowered position where a scooter can be driven onto it. Throwing the switch with a scooter on the platform causes the holder to lift the scooter to a desirable height. The platform pivots about a fulcrum when lifted empty, but the fulcrum is bypassed when the platform is lifted while supporting a scooter. A wheelchair is carried by the scooter holder when the holder is in its raised and folded configuration.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4400129 (1983-08-01), Eisenberg et al.
patent: 4705448 (1987-11-01), Mungons
patent: 5011361 (1991-04-01), Peterson
patent: 5122024 (1992-06-01), Stokes
patent: 5137411 (1992-08-01), Eul et al.
Hess Douglas A.
Huppert Michael S.
Mason, Jr. Joseph C.
Smith Ronald E.
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