Patent ID: 7753630

Claim:
A base unit ( 2 ) for docking and securing a wheelchair ( 1 ) having a suspension, in a secured position in a vehicle, which base unit is designed to be fixed to a floor of the vehicle and which base unit comprises; a locking mechanism ( 11 ) for securing an engaging device ( 3 ) that is fixed to the wheelchair in such a way that it can be released; at least one first support surface ( 20 ) facing away from the floor of the vehicle, the at least one first support surface ( 20 ) arranged to support a corresponding first support surface on the wheelchair in order to unload the suspension of the wheelchair and thereby to prevent the wheelchair from moving in a direction towards the floor of the vehicle when in the secured position; and a lifting device comprising at least one rotating device ( 22 ) with a circular peripheral support surface, which lifting device is arranged to raise the first support surface of the wheelchair to be on a level with the first support surface ( 20 ) of the base unit when the wheelchair with its first support surface moves in a direction towards the first support surface of the base unit during docking.