Patent ID: 9499267
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B64C,B64D,B66B

Claim Text:
1. A ground-accessing vehicle elevator system, comprising: at least one multi-track guide rail assembly configured for installation between multiple levels of a vehicle, the multi-track guide rail assembly comprising an elongated intra-vehicle guide rail track and a separate elongated deployment track movably coupled in adjacent parallel relationship to the intra-vehicle guide rail track, the separate deployment track being configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the intra-vehicle guide rail track; and an elevator car coupled in moveable engaged relationship to the elongated deployment track of each multi-track guide rail assembly, the deployment track configured to support the elevator car and guide the movement of the engaged elevator car relative to the deployment track up and down between the multiple levels of the vehicle; where the elevator car is configured to be deployed outside a body of the vehicle in engaged relationship with the deployment track either together with or after movement of the deployment track from the retracted position to the extended position; where the elevator car is configured to be retracted into the body of the vehicle in engaged relationship with the deployment track either together with or before movement of the deployment track from the extended position to the retracted position; and where the ground-accessing vehicle elevator system further comprises at least one belt and drive pulley system that includes: