Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means – and...
Patent
1998-10-16
2000-05-16
Hess, Douglas
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and...
414545, 414558, 414921, B60P 100
Patent
active
060628057
ABSTRACT:
A vehicular wheelchair step lift for persons who are physically challenged or otherwise have limited mobility. The lift includes a platform structure which is mounted to an elevator frame which is then mounted to an elevator housing for vertical movements of the platform structure. The platform structure includes a plurality of individual plates which are rotatably connected at their transverse adjacent edges for manually folding and unfolding the platform, wherein the individual plates are manually folded from an outermost individual plate against an adjacent individual plate to an innermost individual plate for stowing the platform structure into a step position of the vehicle and manually unfolded inversely such that the individual plates are substantially horizontal and in fully coplanar alignment to each other for use in an entry level position. A roll-stop plate is rotatably connected to a free edge of the outermost plate such that the roll-stop plate is manually folded for stowing, manually unfolded for use and manually raised to a vertical position for preventing a wheelchair from rolling-off the platform structure before the platform structure reaches a ground level position.
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Reynolds Raymond Arnold
Tremblay Jules
Chen Tony D.
Fong Jerry
Hess Douglas
Ricon Corporation
Rozsa Thomas I.
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