Wheelchair lift apparatus

US10787342B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wheelchair Escalators, LLC · US

Inventors

• Raymond N. Okonski · Farmington Hills, US
• Nassif E. Rayess · Warren, US
• Darrell K. Kleinke · Livonia, US
• Christopher M. Sassak · Dearborn, US
• George Taro · Canton, US
• Evan Jeffries · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B9/0853
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheelchair lift apparatus that includes a stand that includes a pair of inclined rails; and a platform adapted to carry a wheelchair, wherein the platform includes a driving portion and a driven portion for moving the platform along the rails, wherein, when the driving portion actuates the driven portion in a first direction, the platform ascends along the rails, wherein, when the driving portion actuates the driven portion in a second and opposite direction, the platform descends along the rails.