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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R. Dupuy, Winamac, IN (US);
Fred William Malchow, Star City, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 3/08 ;
Abstract
A wheelchair lifting platform for transporting a wheelchair passenger into and out of the rear door of a vehicle such as a van. The platform may be folded and stowed beneath the floor of the van behind the rear axle. The platform further includes rollstops pivotally coupled to the ends of the platform and adapted to automatically deploy when the platform is unfolded. A pivoting housing cover is also included that is adapted to open upon deployment of the platform and close upon stowage of the platform in its housing beneath the vehicle.