Manual tote
OwnerBruce T. Marich, Alan E. Hallinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims18
A wheelchair carrier mountable on the rear of a motor vehicle which comprises:
- A vertical support shaft containing a trailer hitch attachment on the lower back side thereof, a rotate arm shaft pivotably attached to the bottom front side of the vertical support shaft with first rotation means, a top locking head with locking means pivotably attached to the bottom top section of rotate arm shaft with second rotation means, third rotation means pivotably connecting an off-set swing arm shaft to the rotate arm shaft;
- and a botom inverted T-shaped support shaft containing front wheelchair, wheel support wheelchair, means and rear support means attached to the bottom support shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.