A carrier vehicle 12 includes a hoist 2 for lifting a disability vehicle 10 into the carrier vehicle. The hoist comprises a lifting arm (figure 1, 6) for lifting the disability vehicle, the lifting arm being pivotally moveable from a first rotational position (3a) for deploying the disability vehicle onto the ground, through a second rotational position (3b) for stowing the disability vehicle within the carrier vehicle, to a third rotational position (3c) for stowing the lifting arm within the carrier vehicle. The hoist further includes first rotation limiting means configured to prevent the lifting arm from pivoting beyond the second rotational position and second rotation limiting means configured to prevent the lifting arm from rotating beyond the third rotational position. The first rotation limiting means includes an override to disable the first rotation limiting means responsive to an override condition being met so that the lifting arm can rotate to the third rotational position.
Disability vehicle hoist
2015-12-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |