Wanda Janice Cash

US Patent:

6386817, May 14, 2002

Filed:

Sep 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/393114

Inventors:

Wanda M. Cash - Roswell GA 30077

International Classification:

B60P 900

US Classification:

414462, 414541, 414557, 414674, 414720

Abstract:

A wheelchair carriage in which an upright support post detachably couples to a towing frame of a vehicle. A tubular housing slidably receives an end of the post and is biased against the post. An enclosure for holding a wheelchair includes a base member mounted to the housing, a platform mounted to a lower end of the base member, and a rack attached to an upper end of the base member. A lever has a lever arm pivotally attached to the upright support post, and a lever handle joined to the lever arm at a fulcrum pivotally attached to the housing. The lever handle, being moved in a first direction, bears against the fulcrum to move the enclosure to the first position for wheeling a wheelchair onto the platform. The lever handle, being moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, raises the enclosure to the second position to a height sufficient to prevent the carriage from impeding the clearance of the vehicle for traveling.