Wheelchair lift
CA 1052326 A · Owner: Thorley, Graham R. · Inventors: Thorley, Graham R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A lift device particularly suitable for liftinq handicapped persons with or without wheelchairs into a vehicle or building. The lift can be incorporated into the doorway of any given vehicle or into any step structure within a building. The lift in its stowed position forms the normal steps. The various step elements are moveable and can cooperate to form a platform which can be lowered or raised to any position between the upper and lower level of the steps. A ramp normally hidden under the steps slides forward to allow easy access to the extended platform and a safety flap housed in the ramp flips upward to form an angle stop preventing the wheelchair from rolling backward during platform …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted April 10, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 10, 1996.
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