Patent ID: 8113760
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A secure loading system for loading a wheelchair into a motor vehicle, the secure loading system comprising: a platform configured to hold the wheelchair, the platform comprising: a lift with sufficient power to lift the wheelchair; a support frame mechanically fixed to the lift and configured to receive the platform; a track system mechanically fixed to the motor vehicle, the track system including C-channels configured to receive the platform and a downward-biased platform lock configured to engage a protrusion of the platform; a rigid drive shaft terminating in a near end with a T-connector configured to securely engage the T-slot and having a nut at a removed end; a linear actuator including a rotor driving a screw, the screw configured to rotatably engage the nut; and extension arms rotatably engaging and extending from the C-channels to the platform and configured to bridge a gap when the platform is in an extended position; whereby: