Stowable turn-to-exit ramp for a passenger vehicle
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsChristopher C. Wegner, Edward Poulos
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Abstract
A wheelchair ramp for providing access to a vehicle for physically limited passengers is provided. The wheelchair ramp may deploy out of a rear entrance to the vehicle and the ramp may have an inclined portion directed towards a side of the vehicle. The wheelchair ramp may have a substantially horizontal platform where a passenger may maneuver and turn to enter or exit the vehicle. The horizontal portion may be substantially level with an interior floor of the vehicle. The wheelchair ramp may have at least one winch system to assist the passenger in traversing the inclined portion.
Claims20
A vehicle access device for a vehicle, the vehicle access device comprising a platform assembly having a deployed position and a stowed position and defining a path for ingress and egress of a wheelchaired passenger, wherein the path is non-linear.
A vehicle access device for a vehicle comprising:
- a substantially horizontal portion coupled to a vehicle adjacent a rear entrance on a first side of the horizontal portion;
- an inclined portion coupled to the substantially on a second side of the horizontal platform;
- wherein the first and second sides of the horizontal portion are substantially perpendicular.
A passenger vehicle modified to accommodate physically limited passengers comprising:
- an accessibilityentrance configured to provide access to an interior cabin of the passenger vehicle;
- a vehicle access device stowed in the interior cabin and deployed out of the rear entrance, the vehicle access device having:
- a horizontal portion hingedly coupled to the vehicle on a first side of the horizontal portion;
- an inclined portion coupled to the horizontal portion on a second side of the horizontal portion;
- wherein the first and second sides of the horizontal portion are substantially perpendicular.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.