Patent ID: 7810198
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A wheelchair lift apparatus ( 1 ) for mounting to a vehicle, e.g., to a bus or a railway car, comprising a platform ( 2 ) having a bridge plate ( 3 ) pivotally hinged thereon, said platform ( 2 ) being retained by at least one carriage ( 5 ), said carriage ( 5 ) being carried for travel into and out of a housing ( 50 ) of the vehicle, said carriage ( 5 ) with said platform ( 2 ) being connected by two hinge arms ( 4 ) disposed on either side of said platform, said carriage ( 5 ) comprising at least one drive ( 6 ) for connection to said hinge arms ( 4 ), said bridge plate being pivotally carried in said platform ( 2 ) through a pivot axis ( 20 ), a push rod linkage ( 10 ), which is positively coupled at one end to said at least one hinge arm ( 4 ) and which is connected for rotation of said pivot axis ( 20 ) to said pivot axis ( 20 ) of said bridge plate ( 3 ) at the other end being provided, characterized in that a limit stop (