A seat platform is driven up and down a foldable track by a trolley connected to electro-mechanical means to allow passengers to embark and to disembark from an aircraft. No stairs are used. The seat platform can be rotated to enable easy access onto and exiting by a person. The seat platform is adapted to fit a person, with or without disabilities, or accommodate a relatively large or heavy package, or luggage for transfer of the person or package from the tarmac of an airfield to the inside a plane and vice versa. The seat platform is adapted to ride on a set of tracks of sufficient strength to prevent twisting and inadvertent removal of the trolley from the track. The invention further includes positive break apparatus to prevent a runaway seating platform from occurring. After the embarking is completed, the lift apparatus can be dissembled, the track folded upon itself and all of the disassembled components can be securely stored on the aircraft. Upon arriving at the flight destination, the stored lift apparatus can be reassembled to allow passengers to exit safely from the plane and thereby providing passengers with the advantage of entering and exiting a plane without the use of stairs.


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    Title :

    Portable aircraft stairs and methods


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    Publication date :

    2016-11-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    E01D BRIDGES , Brücken / 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



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