Modular wheelchair ramp
OwnerTerry L Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
A modular wheelchair ramp includes multiple, variously configurable ramp sections that are adapted to be assembled together to form or define a ramp surface upon which a wheelchair may traverse. The ramp sections may be held in an elevated orientation by support structures that may simultaneously receive mounting edges of adjacent ramp sections. Clamp members may then be used to securely clamp the adjacent ramp sections to the support structures. The wheelchair ramp may also be provided with adjustably formed railing assemblies that may include flexible wall assemblies installed to the railing assemblies.
Claims13
A wheelchair ramp, comprising:
- a plurality of ramp sections, said ramp sections being adapted for assembly to define a ramp surface upon which a wheelchair may traverse;
- a plurality of support structures;
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- a plurality of clamp members;
- said support structures being adapted to support said ramp sections in an elevated orientation with said clamp members adapted to clamp said ramp sections to said support structures, wherein said ramp sections include a plurality of side edges extending on opposing sides of the ramp surface and elevated above the ramp surface said ramp sections further include a mounting edge, disposed on opposing ends of said ramp sections, said mounting edges extend downwardly from the ramp surface and extends substantially the entire distance between said side edges, and wherein said support structures include a generally horizontal member, said horizontal members being adapted to receive at least one mounting edge of adjacent ramp sections, said horizontal members include an upwardly facing u-shaped receptacle spanning substantially across the entirety of said horizontal members, said receptacle being adapted to receive said receptacle being adapted to receive said two mounting edges of adjacent ramp sections, to, in turn, support each one of said at least one mounting edges along the entire length thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.