Patents by Inventor Alan E. Hall

Alan E. Hall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030152449
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a wheelchair lift/carrier for use in transporting a folded wheelchair on a motor vehicle trailer hitch. The wheelchair lift/carrier comprises a vertical support shaft attached to vertical trailer hitch on one side and to a rotate arm shaft on the other side with first rotation means. The rotate arm shaft is attached to a locking head near the top section thereof with second rotation means a swing arm shaft with third rotation means. An inverted T-shaped, bottom support shaft is attached to the bottom of the swing shaft, wherein said bottom support shaft containing front wheel and rear wheel support means for a wheelchair. Stabilizing guides, locking and unlocking means and linkage means form an integral part of the wheelchair lift/carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce T. Marich, Alan E. Hall