Patent ID: 8956102
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61G,B60P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle with a wheelchair-positioning mechanism, comprising in combination: an automobile having a compartment, the compartment having a floor, a rear end, and a front end; a foldable wheelchair lift apparatus positioned adjacent the rear end of the compartment; driving control apparatus positioned adjacent the front end of the compartment; a rail system disposed on the floor and extending from the rear end adjacent the wheelchair lift apparatus to the front end adjacent the driver control apparatus, the rail system including a pair of spaced, parallel C-shaped rails; a motorized carriage mounted on the rail system for movement thereon from the rear end adjacent the wheelchair lift apparatus to the front end adjacent the driver control apparatus; a motorized wheelchair receiving platform mounted on the motorized carriage, the motorized wheelchair receiving platform having an upper surface and a lower surface mounted to a motorized member, the motorized wheelchair receiving platform being selectively rotatable through 360° in a horizontal plane; a pair of parallel longitudinal grooves formed in the upper surface for receiving rear wheels of the wheelchair, each of the longitudinal grooves having a front end and a rear end; wherein the grooves form parallel channels in the upper surface; and a respective semi-cylindrical protuberance disposed in each of the grooves at each of the respective front ends and rear ends to prevent the wheelchair from easily rolling out of the grooves.