The independence vehicle has an elevating roof to provide additional volume within the vehicle, and a hoist carriage member 158 moveable from a stowed condition to a deployed condition within the additional volume for the attachment of a personal hoist 164. A hoist carriage 162 may be slidably mounted to the hoist carriage member 158. There may be uprights 154, 156 at ends of the hoist carriage member 158 supporting it in the deployed condition, where the uprights 154, 156 may be connected to the independence vehicle via articulable joints 160 that move the hoist carriage member 158 between the stowed and deployed conditions. The hoist carriage member 158 may be lockable in the deployed condition. Also provided is a hoist support system having a frame 138 attachable to a vehicle roof and a hoist carriage member 158 moveable from a stowed to deployed condition relative to the frame 138.
Independence vehicle hoist support
2020-08-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English