Platform lift
CA 1088467 A · Owner: Reb Manufacturing, Inc. · Inventors: Smalley, Raymond L.; Meldahl, Robert D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A platform lift comprises a framework mounted within a vehicle doorway. A slide frame is mounted on the framework for pivotal movement and a platform is mounted on the slide frame and is pivotal from a stored position to an operative position. A ramp is mounted on the slide frame and is pivotal from a stored position to an operative position, hydraulic means moving the platform and the ramp to and from the stored and the operative position and selectively lowering and raising the platform through a range of positions below and to said operative position. Manual means selectively raise and lower the platform independently of the hydraulic means.
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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 October 28, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 28, 1997.
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