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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2003
Ronald W. Goodrich, Logansport, IN (US);
Ronald W. Goodrich, Logansport, IN (US);
The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US);
Abstract
A wheelchair access system with a stacking platform for use in conjunction with a vehicle having a floor, which includes a right-side vertical arm and an elongated support with a first and second portion. The first portion of the elongated support is pivotably coupled with the vertical arm. The vertical arm operates for deployment of the platform structure. The left side also has a vertical arm and an elongated support with a first and second portion, the first portion of which is coupled with the vertical arm. There is a fixed platform section attached intermediate to the first portions of the right-side and left-side elongated supports and an actuator that is powerable for moving the right-side and left-side vertical arms between positions that are both outboard and inboard the vehicle. Advantageously, the system includes a moveable platform section that is coupled intermediate to the right-side and left-side elongated supports for movement between the first and second portions of the right-side and left-side elongated supports. A linkage connects to the moveable platform section for movement with the actuator between a stowed orientation with the moveable platform section stowed as being stacked with the fixed platform section at the first portions of the right-side and left-side elongated supports and a deployed orientation when the moveable platform section is moved to the second portions of the right-side and left-side elongated supports.