GB2424636A - A powered lifting and carrying attachment mounted at the rear of a car - Google Patents

A powered lifting and carrying attachment mounted at the rear of a car Download PDF

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GB2424636A
GB2424636A GB0506518A GB0506518A GB2424636A GB 2424636 A GB2424636 A GB 2424636A GB 0506518 A GB0506518 A GB 0506518A GB 0506518 A GB0506518 A GB 0506518A GB 2424636 A GB2424636 A GB 2424636A
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Mark William Longden
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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
    • A61G3/0209—Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles with storage means for unused wheelchair or stretcher
    • 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
    • A61G3/08—Accommodating or securing wheelchairs or stretchers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/44—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading having a loading platform thereon raising the load to the level of the load-transporting element
    • B60P1/4485—Attaching the complete loading platform unit to the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/06—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like at vehicle front or rear

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Abstract

An attachment for the rear of a car, suitable for lifting and carrying a mobility scooter, has a screw driven by an electric motor for raising and lowering a framework on which the scooter can be supported. The attachment may be mounted on a tow hitch connection. There may be provision for the recharging of the batteries of a scooter.

Description

Mini Tail-Lift
Description
The Mini-Tail' lift is a device when coupled to the rear of a car will enable loads to be carried conveniently.
This device is specific to cars and principally aimed at providing a mechanical assistance for the transportation of mobility scooters and bulky loads.
Users of mobility scooters generally have to use them locally. If they wish to transport them to cities or parks current facilities are a burden having to load them into the rear of specially adapted vehicles or dismantle them to load into standard saloons. Neither option is convenient to a person whose health is challenging. The mini-tail lift is designed to have the scooter driven onto a loading plafform before being lifted mechanically for transportation.
A second use of the mini-tail lift is to assist with the transportation of bulky items that are a lifting risk to load into cars. An adapted lifting beam will allow convenient handling of these items reducing health related risk.
The device consists of a fixed steel or other material, section bolted to a standard car tow hitching point. Attached to this member is another steel section which can be raised, or lowered independently.
This second member is modified to suit its lifting purpose, principally but not uniquely a mobility scooter.
The device will use a motor, powered by the cars own battery, to raise and lower the lifting member.
When used to transport Mobility scooters a facility to re-charge the scooters batteries will be available.
The principle of operation is described below using figures 1 and 2 as aids.
The fixed beam [1] is bolted to a standard two bolt tow hitch connection to a car chassis. Lifting beam [2] is connected to the fixed beam [I] via a threaded screw [5]. A motor [3] and control [11] is used to turn pulley drive [4] which in turn rotates the threaded pulley [9].
Depending on the direction of motor rotation the lifting beam [2] is either raised or lowered.
To provide stability and to reduce load to the motor and pulley assemblies a bearing [6] and support tube [8] arrangement links the fixed beam and lifting beam.
During transporting of loads locking feature [10] is used to firmly bolt the fixed and lifting beams together.
Detachable support [7] can be manipulated to suit a variety of configurations. Other detachable supports can be engineered to suit the load carrying requirements.
For convenience the device will be designed to detach conveniently from the car when not required.

Claims (6)

  1. Claims 1. A tail lift with attachment features for connecting the tail
    lift assembly to a car comprising a fixed actuator carrying beam from which a second raising or lowering beam is driven by a threaded rod which is used to raise or lower loads.
  2. 2. A tail lift according to claim 1 from which the driving motor derives its power from the car it is attached to, or from another independent source.
  3. 3. A tail lift according to claim I whose raising or lowering beam is configured to support mobility scooters.
  4. 4. A tail lift according to claim 1 whose raising or lowering beam is configured to support a variety of loads.
  5. 5. A tail lift according to claim 1 has locking features to stabilise the load.
  6. 6. A tail lift according to claim 1 which has detachable load supports.
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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL1035914C2 (en) * 2008-09-10 2009-07-16 Joost Versteijlen Hitch for connecting hitchhiking carrier to motor vehicle, has electrical power outlet connected to battery of two-wheeler i.e. electric bicycle
ITRM20090692A1 (en) * 2009-12-30 2011-06-30 Guidosimplex S R L ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR LOADING A WHEELCHAIR FOR HANDICAPERS ON A VEHICLE.
GB2488200A (en) * 2011-02-15 2012-08-22 Gm Global Tech Operations Inc Cargo Carrier System for a Motor Vehicle with Integrated Energy Supply Device
FR2982560A1 (en) * 2011-11-15 2013-05-17 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR RECEIVING AND CHARGING A MOTORIZED ELECTRIC MOTORIZATION MEANS, TRANSPORTED BY SAID VEHICLE

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GB2160175A (en) * 1984-06-15 1985-12-18 Chown Peter A C Wheelchair lift
US4695218A (en) * 1986-03-24 1987-09-22 Boyer Elton W Ambulatory vehicle carrier
US4741660A (en) * 1985-09-09 1988-05-03 Kent Jimmy J Apparatus for lifting and transporting powered wheelchairs
US4775282A (en) * 1986-09-29 1988-10-04 Vliet George R Van Carrier for a conveyance for the handicapped
US5011361A (en) * 1988-10-27 1991-04-30 Peterson Edward A Vehicle mountable carrier for three-wheeled scooter and the like
US5137411A (en) * 1990-05-02 1992-08-11 Eul Joseph J Apparatus and method for transporting motor scooters and the like on a motor vehicle
US5482424A (en) * 1995-01-30 1996-01-09 Mobility Plus, Inc. Car rack for wheelchairs and the like

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GB2160175A (en) * 1984-06-15 1985-12-18 Chown Peter A C Wheelchair lift
US4741660A (en) * 1985-09-09 1988-05-03 Kent Jimmy J Apparatus for lifting and transporting powered wheelchairs
US4695218A (en) * 1986-03-24 1987-09-22 Boyer Elton W Ambulatory vehicle carrier
US4775282A (en) * 1986-09-29 1988-10-04 Vliet George R Van Carrier for a conveyance for the handicapped
US5011361A (en) * 1988-10-27 1991-04-30 Peterson Edward A Vehicle mountable carrier for three-wheeled scooter and the like
US5137411A (en) * 1990-05-02 1992-08-11 Eul Joseph J Apparatus and method for transporting motor scooters and the like on a motor vehicle
US5482424A (en) * 1995-01-30 1996-01-09 Mobility Plus, Inc. Car rack for wheelchairs and the like

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL1035914C2 (en) * 2008-09-10 2009-07-16 Joost Versteijlen Hitch for connecting hitchhiking carrier to motor vehicle, has electrical power outlet connected to battery of two-wheeler i.e. electric bicycle
ITRM20090692A1 (en) * 2009-12-30 2011-06-30 Guidosimplex S R L ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR LOADING A WHEELCHAIR FOR HANDICAPERS ON A VEHICLE.
GB2488200A (en) * 2011-02-15 2012-08-22 Gm Global Tech Operations Inc Cargo Carrier System for a Motor Vehicle with Integrated Energy Supply Device
US8827128B2 (en) 2011-02-15 2014-09-09 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Cargo carrier system for a motor vehicle with integrated energy supply device
GB2488200B (en) * 2011-02-15 2016-07-13 Gm Global Tech Operations Llc Cargo carrier system for a motor vehicle with integrated energy supply device
FR2982560A1 (en) * 2011-11-15 2013-05-17 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR RECEIVING AND CHARGING A MOTORIZED ELECTRIC MOTORIZATION MEANS, TRANSPORTED BY SAID VEHICLE
WO2013072306A1 (en) * 2011-11-15 2013-05-23 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa Motor vehicle configured to accept and to charge an electrically powered means of locomotion being transported by said vehicle

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