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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josef Eichenhofer, Brampton, CA;
Karl Schubert, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Urban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 214730 ;
Abstract
The entrance step-well of a bus or the like converts from regular step mode to a lift mode for use in lifting wheel chair or the like, by extending the bottom of the well and simultaneously folding the intermediate step away from the step-well space. The extended bottom is free for vertical movement between the ground and the bus level.