Patent ID: 6860701

Claim:
A vehicular access system, comprising: a frame positionable below the floor level of a vehicle; a carriage moveably mounted at the frame; a transfer member having an inboard end, an opposite outboard end, a first lateral edge end a second lateral edge; a rocker assembly pivotably attaching the transfer member to the carriage; a drive assembly for deploying and stowing the transfer member from the frame; an actuator, a side barrier pivotably mounted along the first lateral edge of the transfer member moveable with the actuator between a raised safely barrier orientation and a stowed low-profile orientation; said rocker assembly being operable with the drive assembly for raising the inboard end of the transfer member to the floor level of the vehicle and for pivoting the side barrier to the raised safety barrier orientation from the stowed low-profile orientation, the barrier being spring biased toward the stowed low-profile orientation to resist the rocker assembly as the transfer member is deployed.