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System and apparatus for improved wheelchair lift

  • US 9,039,341 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2013
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wheelchair lift comprising:

  • a hitch mount;

    an elevator connected to the hitch mount;

    a base at the bottom of the elevator;

    a platform pivotally attached to the base and capable of translating between a horizontal and a vertical position;

    one or more platform sensors located on a distal end of the platform and directed rearward and away from an automobile to which the hitch mount is attached when the platform in in the horizontal position and directed upward when the platform is in the vertical position;

    one or more base sensors located on a distal end of the base and directed rearward and away from the automobile;

    a visual display or a speaker; and

    a switch.

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