Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle
Patent
1987-06-01
1989-01-10
Paperner, Leslie J.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Wheeled vehicle
188 32, 410 67, 414462, 414921, B60P 306, B60P 706
Patent
active
047970421
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for loading a scooter-type wheelchair or similar object into a vehicle comparment such that the apparatus and wheelchair loaded are fully contained within the vehicle when in a storage position. The apparatus includes a frame attachable to a lower surface of the vehicle compartment and a platform upon which the wheelchair may be rolled. During a loading cycle, the platform and wheelchair are raised upwardly, traversed toward the vehicle compartment and lowered into the compartment for storage. During this cycle, the platform passes through a vertical plane defining a maximum elevation. The platform includes wheel locators and positioning plates for locating the wheels of the wheelchair as it is positioned on the platform and for preventing the wheelchair from undesired movement once loaded. A vertical shaft is positioned adjacent a track portion of the platform. A horizontal shaft is pivotally attached to the vertical shaft, and a positioning plate for receiving a forward wheel of the wheelchair is pivotally attached to the horizontal shaft such that it has a tilted loading position and a substantially horizontal loaded position.
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Brochure of Ricon Sales, Inc., entitled "Ricon R30A Wheelchair Lift".
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