Patent ID: 8926254
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61G,B60R,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a roof, front portion, rear portion, opposed side portions, and a floor that cooperate to define a passenger area, which defines a flat area of said floor adapted to receive a mobility device; at least one door to provide boarding and alighting relative to said passenger area; a ramp cartridge operatively supported by and received within a recessed section of said floor and including a cam surface and a frame assembly having a main deck and cooperating with and being substantially coplanar with said flat area to provide a substantial flatness of said floor, a ramp assembly having a ramp that is adapted to be retained in a stored position below said main deck, and a drive assembly adapted to actuate said ramp between said stored position and a first ramp position and between said stored position and a second ramp position; and a main fence and a spring fence that are adapted to be extended from said frame assembly as said ramp extends from said stored position to said first ramp position and retracted into said frame assembly as said ramp moves from said first ramp position to said stored position, said spring fence having a first end and being pivotally attached to said ramp so as to be oriented substantially perpendicular to said ramp when said ramp is actuated from said stored position to said first ramp position, said first end of said spring fence disposed so as to contact and move along said cam surface as said ramp moves from said first ramp position to said stored position thereby causing said spring fence to pivot to a position substantially parallel to said ramp when said ramp is located in said stored position.