Patent ID: 8007220
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A wheelchair lifting bay comprising base means, a lifting platform, lifting means and pivot means, in which the lifting platform is connected to the base means by the pivot means, in which the base means is a chassis, in which the lifting platform comprises a bottom wall and a back wall, in which the pivot means is disposed rearward of said back wall and is spaced apart from it, in which the lifting means is mounted between the base means and the lifting platform forward of the pivot means, in which the lifting means rotates the lifting platform about the pivot means in use such that the back wall follows a circumferential path about the pivot means, in which the lifting platform further comprises two side walls, each of which comprises a first portion which extends from a side edge of the bottom wall to a side edge of the back wall, and a second portion which extends beyond a rear of the back wall, in which the second portions are each provided with a pivot aperture which is connected to the pivot means, in which the lifting means comprises a first hydraulic ram mounted between a side of the chassis and the second portion of one side wall, and a second hydraulic ram mounted between an opposite side of the chassis and the second portion of the opposite side wall, in which the first and the second hydraulic rams are pivotally mounted to the chassis, and in which the first and second hydraulic rams are mounted to the side walls between the back wall and the pivot apertures when the bottom wall is in a horizontal position.