Abstract: A device provided for loading and unloading a wheelchair into and out from a motor vehicle while the wheelchair is in a folded condition. The device comprises an elongated track which secured to the motor vehicle and preferably laterally across the vehicle in front of the vehicle rear seat. A carriage assembly is longitudinally slidably mounted to the track while a reversible electric motor longitudinally drives the carriage assembly along the track between a retracted and an extended position. With the carriage assembly in its extended position, an elongated wheelchair engaging bar is positioned underneath the wheelchair seat. A second electric motor, upon activation, lifts the wheelchair engaging bar and, in doing so, lifts the wheelchair off from the ground. With the wheelchair in an elevated position, activation of the first motor retracts the carriage assembly with the attached wheelchair into the vehicle for storage during transportation of the motor vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 1980
Date of Patent:
November 10, 1981
Assignee:
Agnes Pobocik
Inventors:
Anthony B. Pobocik, deceased, by Rose Pobocik, heir, by Marion Turner nee Pobocik, heir, by Bernard Pobocik, heir, by Michael Pobocik, heir, by James Pobocik, heir, by Thomas Pobocik, heir, by Robert Pobocik, heir, by Agnes Pobocik, heir