Patent · US Expired

Vehicle entrance ramp

US4827548A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
4References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 23, 1988
Grant dateMay 9, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/134
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an extendible and retractable ramp device for a vehicle particularly concerned with the loading and unloading of a handicapped person and which device particularly includes a power actuating mechanism disposed within the vehicle in such a way as to both protect the mechanism from damage and further including a track mechanism for lifting one end of the ramp to the vehicle floor level when the ramp is in its extended position.

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