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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edgar C Paffrath, Birch Run, MI (US);
Assignee:
Amigo Sales, Inc., Bridgeport, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414462 ; 414542 ; 414921 ;
Abstract
A loading apparatus is operable to load or unload a secondary vehicle usable by a handicapped person to and from the rear passenger compartment of a four-door automobile. The secondary vehicle, a single passenger battery powered three wheel vehicle, is longer than the width of the rear door opening and the loading apparatus automatically swings the secondary vehicle during the process to pass endwise through the rear door opening and to be located parallel to the automobile when grounded at the beginning of the loading operation and at the conclusion of the unloading operation.