LOCKING WHEELCHAIR LIFT

摘要

A wheelchair lift (L), as for use with a vehicle (V), includes a platform (12) for receiving a wheelchair carried as a pivot mechanism including two pairs of cooperating parallelogram structures (17) adapted to be affixed to a vehicle (V) for moving the platform (12) between loading, entry and stowed positions by hydraulic actuation. A bridge plate structure (34) is actuated by the pivot mechanism to be positioned as a bridge into the vehicle in the entry position, as a roll stop when a wheelchair is being carried and as a latch unit in the stowed position. A cam-cable mechanism (35, 150) actuates the bridge plate (34) and the parallelogram structures (17) of each pair are interlocked in moving between the stowed and entry positions.