Abstract: An apparatus for providing access by a handicapped person from a landing to a guideway mounted vehicle includes a support structure having a pedestal portion and a housing extending upward from the pedestal; a lift, mounted in a lift opening of the support structure, includes a platform, linkages interconnecting the platform to the housing, and movement apparatus coupled to selectively move the platform between a lowered position adjacent a landing, a raised position adjacent the top of the pedestal and a vertical storage position in the lift opening; a bridge member pivots between a horizontal position extending into the doorway of a light rail vehicle and a vertical storage position in the passage adjacent the bridge opening; roll-up doors are mounted in the top region of the housing for being slectively rolled down to a position to cover the lift opening and bridge opening when the lift and bridge are in their respective storage positions.

Abstract: An apparatus providing access by a handicapped person from a landing to a guideway mounted vehicle includes a support structure having a pedestal portion and a housing extending upward from the pedestal. A lift, mounted in a lift opening of the support structure, includes a platform, linkages interconnecting the platform to the housing, and movement apparatus coupled to selectively move the platform between a lowered position adjacent a landing, a raised position adjacent the top of the pedestal and a vertical storage position in the lift opening. A bridge member pivots between a horizontal position extending into the doorway of a light rail vehicle and a vertical storage position in the passage adjacent the bridge opening. Roll-up doors are mounted in the top region of the housing for being selectively rolled down to a position to cover the lift opening and bridge opening when the lift and bridge are in their respective storage positions.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted lift device for moving a wheelchair and its occupant to and from the bed of the vehicle includes a mounting apparatus fixed to the bed of the vehicle and a support assembly movably mounted to the mounting apparatus for being pivotally or translationally movable between a storage position and an outwardly extending operating position. The support assembly has a vertically stationary assembly which includes a pair of support posts, a lead screw mounted to each support post, a motive device for rotating the lead screws and a synchronizing apparatus interconnected so that the lead screws rotate at the same rate. The vertically stationary assembly also includes a safety flap apparatus to prevent inadvertent movement of the wheelchair from the vehicle through the access opening. The support assembly also has a vertically movable assembly which includes a coupling post interconnected to each lead screw and a foldable platform assembly pivotally connected between the coupling posts.