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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred Lewis Budd, Winamac, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Hermanson, Culver, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a mechanism for moving a vehicular wheelchair restraining device back and forth between a remote, stowed position and a deployed position from which it may lockingly engage a wheelchair to prevent it from freely moving around the vehicle. The mechanism includes a shallow platform having ramped sides over which a wheelchair may easily roll, and a motor and drive train for moving the wheelchair restraining mechanism between its remote position and its deployed position.