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US 4,397,607 AGranted
Method of carrying a wheelchair
OwnerAuthur H. Neill, Jr., John A. Hinchinventors
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Abstract
A method of carrying a wheelchair externally of a vehicle without first folding the wheelchair. The wheelchair is placed so that its rear wheels rest against the rear of the vehicle; it is then lifted by a bumper-attached carrier, and the rear wheels roll up the rear bumper of the vehicle.
Claims8
The method of carrying a wheelchair on a vehicle, the vehicle having affixed to its rear bumper a carrier of the type comprising two vertical upright members and a horizontal cross-member and having a lifting device on its horizontal member, which comprises:
- a. affixing one end of a cable to said lifting device;
- b. positioning said wheelchair with its back facing the rear of said vehicle and its rear wheels touching said rear bumper;
- c. affixing the other end of said cable to said wheelchair;
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- d. raising said wheelchair off the ground by means of said lifting device, said rear wheels of said wheelchair rolling up the rear bumper of said vehicle.
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