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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US);
Robert E. Bettcher, III, Winamac, IN (US);
Justin M. Kline, Westfield, IN (US);
Austin D. Metzger, Rensselaer, IN (US);
Haiyan Henry Zhang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cong Liao, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Achilleas Bardakas, West Lafayette, IN (US);
The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US);
Abstract
A lift for transferring a user to and from a vehicle, the lift including a lift platform for receiving the user, the lift platform being arcuately movable between a first position and a second position; a vertical arm coupled to the lift platform, the vertical arm having a profile that is progressively convex along the entire length of the vertical arm; and a pair of parallel arms extending from the vertical arm, wherein each of the parallel arms is pivotally coupled to a bracket mounted to the vehicle; wherein the vertical arm has a generally U-shaped cross-section that forms a channel configured to receive at least a portion of the pair of parallel arms.