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
2022-09-14
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 |