EP0976376B1 - Rampe oder Treppevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0976376B1
EP0976376B1 EP99304943A EP99304943A EP0976376B1 EP 0976376 B1 EP0976376 B1 EP 0976376B1 EP 99304943 A EP99304943 A EP 99304943A EP 99304943 A EP99304943 A EP 99304943A EP 0976376 B1 EP0976376 B1 EP 0976376B1
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ramp
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Maurice Kitchen
Mark Hugill
Nigel Heaton
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UVG (Ambulances) Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/02—Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
    • A61G3/06—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like
    • A61G3/061—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like using ramps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/02—Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
    • A61G3/06—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like
    • A61G3/067—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like with compartment for horizontally storing the ramp or lift
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/02—Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
    • A61G3/06—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like
    • A61G3/068—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like in combination with folding stairs

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  • the invention relates to access apparatus and particularly, though not exclusively, to access apparatus to facilitate movement in and out of ambulances.
  • EP 0 901 893 A2 discloses a ramp having a detachable extension member which may also be used as a step.
  • GB 2 306 436A according to the first part of claim 1 discloses a retractable ramp which can be used with a vehicle having a drop down step.
  • EP 0 901 893 A2 requires the extension member/step to be stored separately from the rest of the ramp and thus does not allow for particularly convenient use of the step.
  • GB 2 306 436A requires the ramp to be stored behind the step and it is therefore necessary to first open out the step before using the ramp which again is not particularly convenient.
  • the invention solves the problem of delay and inconvenience by providing a single assembly which comprises both a step and a ramp wherein each may be used conveniently and without the need to first move the other.
  • an access apparatus comprising an assembly movable between a first, closed configuration, a second, access configuration in which a step is accessible to persons on foot and a third, access configuration in which a ramp is accessible to receive wheeled transport characterised in that the step is housed within the ramp.
  • the access apparatus When the access apparatus is incorporated in an ambulance, for example, it enables ambulance personnel to gain access to the interior of the ambulance on foot, as necessary, using the second configuration. However in circumstances where it is necessary for the ambulance personnel to move wheeled transport into or out of the ambulance, for example to convey a patient on a wheeled trolley, then the assembly can be moved to the third, access configuration in which the ramp is accessible.
  • the step may be made accessible by pivoting the step from a closed position to an access position.
  • the step may pivot out of a step stowage space, the space being shaped such that when the step is in the access position, the step cooperates with the step stowage space to provide a double step.
  • the ramp may be made accessible by pivoting the ramp from a closed position to an access position.
  • the ramp may pivot out of a ramp stowage space, the ramp stowage space being shaped such that when the ramp is in the access position, the ramp cooperates with the ramp stowage space to provide a ramp surface of extended length.
  • the ramp may further comprise ramp extension means.
  • the ramp extension means may be made accessible by pivoting the ramp extension means from a closed position to an access position.
  • the ramp extension means may pivot out of a ramp extension means stowage space.
  • the step and ramp may pivot about different pivot points.
  • the step may be housed within the ramp such that the step may be pivoted out of the ramp to the step access position when the ramp is in its closed position.
  • the movements of the step and ramp may be power operated, for example by means of a motor.
  • the motor may be electrically controlled.
  • the invention includes an access structure fitted with access apparatus according to the invention.
  • the access structure may comprise a vehicle.
  • the vehicle may comprise an ambulance.
  • Figure 1 shows the rear floor area 10 of an ambulance.
  • access apparatus forming the subject of this embodiment provide a first surface 11 which is a continuation of the horizontal floor area 10, and a rear face 12 which is a continuation of the rear face 13 of the vehicle.
  • doors (not shown) of the ambulance can be closed and the horizontal floor surface in the ambulance can be used normally for the transportation of patients (e.g. lying on a stretcher or trolley) and ambulance personnel.
  • the access apparatus incorporates a step 14 (see Figure 2).
  • the step comprises a vertical section 15 and a horizontal section 16, suitably connected together by brackets 17.
  • the step pivots downwardly to reach the configuration shown in Figure 2 but in the stored configuration shown in Figure 1, the step lies between side frame members 18 and 19.
  • the rectangular space between these frame members 18 and 19, which houses the step in the stored configuration, has its own horizontal section 20 and vertical section 21 such that when the step 14 is lowered, there is actually a double step giving easy access between ground level and the floor 10 of the ambulance.
  • the ambulance personnel may wish to unload or load a patient trolley and the access apparatus of this embodiment is able to cope with this situation also.
  • a ramp section 22 which is also housed between the side frame members 18 and 19, can be pivoted downwardly into the position shown in Figure 3.
  • An intermediate pivoting position is shown in Figure 4 and it can be seen from Figure 4 that as the ramp 22 pivots downwardly, the step 14 remains in position as of the ramp structure.
  • the area between the side frame members 18 and 19 which accommodates the ramp 22 has its own sloping surface 23 and the pivot of the ramp member 22 is positioned such that when the ramp is lowered into the configuration shown in Figure 3, the ramp 22 and surface 13 combine to provide a continuous sloping surface giving easy access from ground level to the ambulance floor 10.
  • the access apparatus described above can readily be incorporated into new ambulances during manufacture or alternatively it can be fitted subsequently to existing ambulances.
  • step 14 and ramp 22 are shown in the stowed configuration in full lines and the ramp 22 is also shown in the lowered configuration in broken lines.
  • the ramp pivots about a point 24 and the step pivots about a spaced apart point 25.
  • step 14 When the step 14 is not in use, it is locked in position by a manually operable catch 26.
  • the access apparatus has been specifically designed for use with ambulances, such as that shown at 27 in Figure 6, the access apparatus can be utilised in any situation where both step and ramp access is required.
  • the apparatus could have useful applications in not only vehicles, but also in fixed structures such as nursing homes, hospitals, or domestic residences of wheel chair users. It may also have industrial applications, for example in factory storage areas where access may sometimes be required by personnel on foot, and sometimes by wheeled apparatus.
  • the access apparatus may comprise an additional ramp extension means 30 attached at pivot 32 as shown in Figures 7a to 7c.
  • the integrated ramp extension means 30 In a closed configuration, the integrated ramp extension means 30 is locked in position by a manually operable catch 34. In this position, the ramp extension means 30 provides a first surface 11 which is a continuation of the horizontal floor 10.
  • the ramp section 22 can be pivoted out of the closed configuration about pivot axis 24 shown in Figure 7b and, concurrently, the integrated ramp extension means is pivoted from the closed configuration outwardly about pivot axis 32 into the fully extended position where it makes contact with the ground 36 ( Figure 7c).
  • the ramp extension means 30 provides a surface continuous with that of the main ramp section 22 so that wheeled vehicles may be transported up and down the ramp and ramp extension means smoothly.
  • the shape of the ramp may vary to suit the configuration of the particular vehicle to which it is fitted.
  • the ramp when viewed in plan, the ramp may be wider in the pivot area, rather than rectangular as shown in Figure 1.
  • all the motions and lock/unlock controls for the ramp and step may be operated electrically by switch means or remote control means, which may be hand held.

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Claims (10)

  1. Zugangsvorrichtung mit einer Einheit, welche zwischen einer ersten, geschlossenen Anordnung, einer zweiten, freien Anordnung, in der eine Treppe (14) für Fußgänger zugänglich ist, und einer dritten, freien Anordnung beweglich ist, in der eine Rampe (22) für den Transport auf Rädern zugänglich ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Treppe (14) innerhalb der Rampe (22) untergebracht ist.
  2. Zugangsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, bei der die Stufe (14) durch Schwenken der Treppe (14) aus einer geschlossenen Position in eine freie Position zugänglich gemacht wird.
  3. Zugangsvorrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei der die Rampe (22) durch Schwenken der Rampe (22) aus einer geschlossenen Position in eine freie Position zugänglich gemacht wird.
  4. Zugangsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei der die Rampe (22) Rampenverlängerungsmittel (30) enthält.
  5. Zugangsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, bei der die Rampenverlängerungsmittel (30) dadurch zugänglich gemacht werden, dass die Rampenverlängerungsmittel (30) aus einer geschlossenen Position in eine freie Position geschwenkt werden.
  6. Zugangsvorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei der die Treppe (14) und die Rampe (22) um unterschiedliche Schwenkpunkte (24, 25) schwenken.
  7. Zugangsvorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei der die Treppe (14) aus der Rampe (22) in die freie Trittposition geschwenkt werden kann, wenn sich die Rampe (22) in ihrer geschlossenen Position befindet.
  8. Zugangsvorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei der die Bewegungen der Treppe (14) und der Rampe (22) motorbetrieben sind.
  9. Zugangsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 in Kombination mit einem zugänglichen Gebilde, welches dazu geeignet ist, mit der Zugangsvorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche ausgestattet zu sein.
  10. Zugangsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, bei der das zugängliche Gebilde einen Krankenwagen darstellt.
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