Patent ID: 6729829
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A wheelchair vehicle access system wherein the occupant of a wheelchair can without outside assistance by other persons enter and exit a vehicle as well as load and unload a wheelchair for mobility outside of the vehicle, said system comprising:a wheelchair adapted for mobility of an occupant outside of a vehicle, said wheelchair comprising a seat assembly and a wheeled carriage assembly, wherein said seat assembly is detachably connected to said carriage assembly; a vehicle comprising a retractable ramp adapted to extend from said vehicle in an extended configuration and to be disposed within said vehicle in a retracted configuration, said retractable ramp comprising carriage locking means to temporarily lock said carriage assembly to said retractable ramp upon said wheelchair being rolled onto said ramp, such that said carriage assembly is carried by said ramp between said extended and retracted configurations after said seat assembly is detached from said carriage assembly; whereby with said carriage assembly locked to said retractable ramp in the extended configuration, said seat assembly is adapted to roll into said vehicle upon being detached from said carriage assembly.