Patent ID: 6464205
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A scissors-type lifting platform for motor vehicles, the lifting platform comprising:at least one horizontal bearer element for loads to be lifted; a scissors arrangement on the underside of said bearer element, said scissors arrangement having scissors spars which are supported on a base plate and are swivellably linked together; an actuation element; an expansion lever actuatable by said actuation element for swivelling said scissors spars, said expansion lever being rotatably hinged on one of said scissors spars, said expansion lever being formed with a supporting surface for the support of a support device arranged on the other of said scissors spar; and a support device comprising at least one rotatably mounted rolling body for the support of said expansion lever, wherein said support device comprises two rolling bodies next to one another, said supporting surface of said expansion lever being formed in the shape of steps for support on said two rolling bodies.