摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a stair-climbing transport vehicle for wheelchairs, having a chassis. The vehicle comprises, on every long side, rollers and a continuous caterpillar track driven on said rollers, and a receiving device that can be placed on the chassis for detachably retaining the wheelchair which can be brought into a horizontal normal sitting position during the stair travel of the vehicle. The transport vehicle is characterized in that the receiving device is formed by a shell that is rotatably fastened on the chassis between the two caterpillar tracks and is accessible for the wheelchair from a short end of the chassis. The rotational position of the shell is automatically controlled by a shell drive depending on the position of the vehicle in such a manner that the aforementioned sitting position is always maintained.</p> |