Patent ID: 6481037
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A61G,B60P,Y10S

Abstract:
A ramp assembly for accessing a vehicle having a door opening and a floor, the assembly comprising:a housing member for fixing to the vehicle at or beneath the floor and substantially in line with the door opening, an extendible ramp body controllably positionable between an extended position and a retracted position; and a drive arrangement for controllably driving the ramp body between the extended position and the retracted position, in the extended position the ramp body extends inclinedly from or adjacent to the floor to the ground or platform and in the retracted position the ramp body is positioned within the housing member, the ramp body having articulated means for moving and curling the ramp body in a pre-determined curved trajectory path when the ramp body is moved between the retracted position and the extended position.