A mobile passenger access apparatus for facilitating the boarding and disembarkation of passengers from an aircraft, suitable for disabled passengers such as wheelchair users. The apparatus comprising a mobile chassis 2, a base stair section 6 mounted on the chassis with a first flight of steps 12, an extendable stair section mounted on the base stair section to be telescopically extendable from the base stair section and including a second flight of steps 14 arranged to be substantially contiguous with the first flight of steps. Further comprising a platform 20 mounted at a distal end of said extendable stair section to be locatable adjacent an access door of an aircraft and a lift carriage 30 mounted on the chassis via a lift mechanism 26 adapted to vertically move the lift carriage between a lower position adjacent the ground and a raised position adjacent the platform. The lift mechanism being further adapted to horizontally displace the lift carriage with respect to the chassis so that the lift carriage can be displaced both vertically and horizontally to be placed in alignment with the platform when the extendable stair section is telescopically extended and retracted with respect to the base stair section.
Mobile passenger access apparatus for an aircraft
2019-09-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS |
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