Lift with active opener arm

摘要

A lift having an active opener arm is described. The active opener arm assists a user in stowing and unstowing the lift platform. The active opener arm is capable of receiving the platform from the user when the platform is being stowed and lowering the platform onto the parallelogram linkage. The active opener arm is also capable of lifting the platform off of the parallelogram linkage when the platform is being unstowed and making the platform more accessible to the user.