Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheelchair lift device
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Application No.: US839322Application Date: 1977-10-04
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Publication No.: US4124098APublication Date: 1978-11-07
- Inventor: Peter P. Dudynskyj
- Applicant: Peter P. Dudynskyj
- Applicant Address: MI Detroit
- Assignee: General Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: MI Detroit
- Main IPC: A61G3/06
- IPC: A61G3/06 ; B60P1/44 ; B60R3/02
Abstract:
A wheelchair lift device including a platform located in the stepwell of a motorcoach for raising and lowering a wheelchair between a first position wherein the platform is in horizontal alignment with an elevated floor formed with the motorcoach and a second position wherein the platform is at ground level. The device includes foldable hinged sections that are positioned through a linkage and a rotatable arm to form steps for use by able-bodied persons and are extendible laterally outwardly relative to the stepwell so as to align the hinged sections along a horizontal plane and thereby form the platform for supporting the wheelchair.
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