Barrier assembly for a wheelchair lift
AssigneeLift-U, Division of Hogan Mfg., Inc.
InventorsDon Morris, Roger Young
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Abstract
A barrier assembly for a wheelchair lift assembly is provided. The wheelchair lift assembly includes a lift frame and a platform reciprocally coupled to the lift frame. The barrier assembly includes a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail. The frame is coupled to at least one of the lift frame or a structural frame. The barrier assembly also includes a barrier slidably disposed between the first and second side rails. A drive assembly is operably coupled to the barrier for selectively moving the barrier between at least a stowed position and a deployed position.
Claims23
In a wheelchair lift assembly of the type having a lift frame and a platform reciprocally coupled to the lift frame, a barrier assembly comprising:
- (a) a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail, the frame coupled to at least one of the lift frame or a structural frame;
- (b) a barrier slidably disposed between the first and second side rails;
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- (c) a drive assembly operably coupled to the barrier for selectively moving the barrier between at least a stowed position and a deployed position.
In a lift assembly of the type having a lift frame and a platform reciprocally coupled to the lift frame, a barrier assembly comprising:
- (a) a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail, the frame coupled to at least one of the lift frame or a structural frame, the first and second side rails each having a vertical portion that is selectively extendable between a first vertical position and a second vertical position;
- (b) a barrier slidably disposed between the first and second side rails;
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- (c) a drive assembly operably coupled to the barrier, wherein the drive assembly drives the barrier between at least a stowed position and a deployed position.
In a lift assembly of the type having a lift frame and a platform reciprocally coupled to the lift frame, the platform translatable between at least a raised and a lowered position, a barrier assembly comprising:
- (a) a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail, the frame coupled to at least one of the lift frame or a structural frame;
- (b) a barrier slidably disposed between the first and second side rails, the barrier drivable between at least a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the barrier is in the stowed position when the platform is at a predetermine position and is not being moved between the raised and lowered positions, and wherein the barrier is in the deployed position when the platform is at a predetermined position or is being moved between the raised and lowered positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.