Personal standing platform for motorized wheel chair
OwnerJudi Chapmaninventor
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Abstract
A passenger standing platform for attachment to a mobility vehicle that provides improved support for the rider, increased weightload, and easy mountability and storage capability, The unit has a paddle shape platform base with 3 fully rotating caster assemblies attached to its underside in a triangular configuration and a non-skid mat attached to its obverse side. The platform base is hingedly attached to a mount plate that connects to the mobility vehicle, and is retained in a non-use generally vertical position off the ground by a pair of spaced coil springs attached at opposite ends to the mount plate and to the platform base.
Claims10
A passenger standing platform for a motorized mobility vehicle which comprises a platform base having an obverse side and an underside, which platform base is supported by a trio of caster assemblies mounted to the underside of said platform base, said platform base being hingedly attached by a single centrally disposed hinge to the center of a mount plate, which mount plate is readily attachable by bolts to the anti-flip wheels of a personal motorized mobility vehicle and which platform base is also connected to said mount plate by a pair of spaced springs, one on either side of the hinge which springs retain the platform base in a generally vertical non-use position, but which platform can be lowered to its in use horizontal position by the slight pressure of the fingers to elongate the springs whereby when said platform is lowered, a driver of a personal mobility vehicle can also transport a standing second passenger.
A passenger standing platform for a motorized mobility vehicle which comprises a platform base having an obverse side and an underside, which platform base has a narrower front portion and a wider rear portion, and is supported by a trio of caster assemblies mounted to the underside of said platform base, said platform base being hingedly attached by a single hinge to a mount plate, which mount plate is readily attachable by bolts to the anti-skid wheels of a personal motorized mobility vehicle yet permits full 360 degree horizontal movement of said anti-skid wheels, and which platform base is also connected to said mount plate by a pair of spaced relaxed springs, which retain the platform base in a generally vertical non-use position, but which platform can be lowered to its in use horizontal position by the slight pressure of the fingers, wherein the obverse side of the platform base is covered with a non-slip mat, and the caster assemblies are arranged in a triangular pattern on the underside of said platform base, one caster forward, and two casters rearwardly whereby when said platform is attached to a personal motorized mobility vehicle, both a driver of said vehicle and a passenger on said platform can be transported.
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