Wheelchair lift

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly and said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, wherein a plurality of support stanchion apertures is formed through a mid to upper portion of said hollow support member and a stanchion support aperture is formed through a lower portion of said hollow tower member to cooperatively form a support stanchion adjustment means to secure said hollow support member longitudinally relatively to said hollow tower member by aligning said stanchion support aperture with one of said support stanchion apertures and passing a fastening means therethrough to selectively adjust the height of said lift support assembly such that said support plate rests on the ground to support said personal mobility vehicle lift thereon.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member, further including a stanchion support means comprising a pair of substantially parallel side support plates extending upwardly from said stanchion mounting member to receive said hollow tower member when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the stored configuration and a stanchion support member disposed between said substantially parallel side support plates to engage an upper portion of said hollow tower member when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the stored configuration to hold said hollow tower member and said stanchion mounting member in spaced relationship relative to each other such that said upper hollow boom member is disposed between said side support plates.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said boom assembly comprises an upper hollow boom member pivotally coupled to a lower hollow boom member by a boom bracket, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member and further including a lift mount securing means to secure and stabilize said personal mobility vehicle lift to the vehicle, said lift mount securing means comprises a first securing assembly including a first adjustable interconnecting member coupled between a first securing plate having a securing aperture formed therethrough extending upwardly from said stanchion mounting member and said vehicle by a connector attached to each end portion of said first interconnecting member.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member and further including a stanchion lock means to lock said tower assembly in position when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in said deployed configuration, said stanchion lock means comprises a first stanchion lock element coupled to said tower assembly and a second stanchion lock element coupled to said lift mounting assembly.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said boom assembly comprises an upper hollow boom member pivotally coupled to a lower hollow boom member by a boom bracket, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member, said hoist assembly includes a hollow hoist member having said hoist mechanism attached to an outer end portion thereof, further including a plurality of hoist boom apertures formed through a mid portion of said hollow hoist member and a boom hoist aperture formed through an outer portion of said upper hollow boom member to secure said hollow hoist member longitudinally relative to said upper hollow boom member by aligning said boom hoist aperture with one of said hoist boom apertures and passing a fastener therethrough to selectively adjust the distance of said hoist mechanism from said boom bracket.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member, said hoist assembly includes a hollow hoist member having said hoist mechanism attached to an outer end portion thereof, and further including a hoist attachment means attached to a free end of said flexible hoist element, said control means including logic means to control the operation of said hoist mechanism, said control means having a control switch to selectively actuate said logic means, said control means coupled to the power source and said reversible motor of said hoist mechanism.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a reversible motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, said tower assembly comprises a hollow tower member having a stanchion pivot bracket attached thereto to pivotally mount said tower assembly to said lift mounting assembly, said lift support assembly comprises a hollow support member having a support plate attached to a lower portion thereof, said lift mounting assembly comprises a hitch mounting member having an outer end portion and a stanchion mounting member disposed substantially perpendicular thereto formed on the outer end portion of said hitch mounting member, said hoist assembly includes a hoist member having an attachment means and said hoist mechanism is attached to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle including a power source into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly comprising a lower hollow boom member rotatably coupled to said upper portion of said tower assembly and an upper hollow boom member pivotally coupled to said lower boom member to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle, wherein said upper hollow boom member is pivotally coupled to said lower hollow boom member by a boom bracket.

A personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self-propelled personal mobility vehicle including a power source into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, said personal mobility vehicle lift includes a tower assembly including an upper and lower portion pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly comprising a lower boom member rotatably coupled to said upper portion of said tower assembly and an upper boom member pivotally coupled to said lower boom member to support a hoist assembly thereon and a lift support assembly to support said personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of said tower assembly respectively, said hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism including a motor coupled to a power source through a control means and having a flexible hoist element to couple said personal mobility vehicle lift to the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle when said personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self-propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle and means to adjust the longitudinal position of said boom assembly relative to said tower assembly to control the height of said hoist assembly.