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US 2017/0282774 A1Published application
Vehicle accessibility system
AssigneeProterra Inc.
InventorSeneca SCHEPMANN
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Abstract
A vehicle accessibility system may include an interior ramp panel movable between a first position and a second position; a first floor panel movable between a lowered position and a raised position; and a second floor panel movable between a horizontal position and a tilted position.
Claims20
An accessibility system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an interior ramp panel movable between a first position and a second position, wherein, during use, the interior ramp panel is configured to remain inside the vehicle;
- a first floor panel movable between a lowered position and a raised position;
- and
- a second floor panel movable between a horizontal position and a tilted position.
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An accessibility system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an exterior ramp panel protruding from the vehicle and contacting a ground surface;
- an interior ramp panel located inside of the vehicle and extending from the exterior ramp panel to contact a first edge of a first floor panel of the vehicle, wherein the exterior and interior ramp panels are aligned to form a first ramp from the ground surface into the vehicle;
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- a second floor panel contacting a second edge of the first floor panel, the second edge being adjacent to the first edge, wherein the second floor panel forms a second ramp from the first floor panel to a fixed floor portion of the vehicle.
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A method for using an accessibility system for a vehicle, comprising:
- sliding an exterior ramp panel relative to an interior ramp panel;
- tilting the interior ramp panel from a horizontal position to a tilted position;
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- at least one of raising or lowering a first floor panel,
- wherein, in a deployed configuration of the accessibility system, the interior ramp panel remains inside of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.