Patent ID: 6086314
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A wheelchair lift for use in conjunction with a vehicle having a door opening, the wheelchair lift comprising a foldable platform assembly with two platform plates hingeably connected together which are foldable and stowed at one side of the vehicle door opening, a single actuating mechanism for folding and unfolding and moving said platform assembly, a linking assembly connecting said single actuating mechanism and said platform assembly for moving and rotating said platform assembly from a stow position inside said vehicle to an entry level position at said vehicle door opening and inversely, and moving said platform assembly between the entry level position and a ground level position outside said vehicle and inversely, and means for facilitating the unfolding of said platform assembly as said platform assembly is moving from said stow position to said entry level position, and also the folding of said platform assembly as said platform assembly is moving from said entry level position to said stow position, wherein said means for facilitating the unfolding and folding of said platform assembly comprises a cam track for guiding the folding and unfolding of said two platform plates.