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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 29, 2020
Assignee:
Wheelchair Escalators, LLC
Inventors:
Raymond N. Okonski, Nassif E. Rayess, Darrell K. Kleinke, Christopher M. Sassak, George Taro, Evan Jeffries