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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6968788 | Vehicle carrying rail road car with deck access fittings A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles are loaded from the ground by use of a movable ramp that is positioned next to a separate coupler end of the rail road car. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a coll... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6863000 | Passenger rail car sliding door with high platform threshold An improved door assembly has a single movable door and may have a separate movable high platform threshold. The door assembly is formed of an upper door section and a lower door section which is fixed to the upper door section. A support member may be integral with... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6443072 | Dual level access door system for railway vehicles A door system for a railway car which provides for both high and low level access. The door system comprises a sliding door, a platform displaceable between raised and lowered positions for respectively clearing and covering the stairwell of the railway c... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6341563 | Door opening control apparatus A platform sensing and control system including a wireless sensor (10, 12) for sensing at least the presence of a platform (26) opposite a door (32) of a railcar and providing an output indication of at least a platform presence in response thereto, and a... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6263804 | Dual level access door system for railway vehicles A door system for a railway car which provides for both high and low level access. The door system comprises a sliding door, a platform displaceable between raised and lowered positions for respectively clearing and covering the stairwell of the railway c... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5230288 | Entering and exiting step system for vehicles with swingable platform for wheelchair bound passengers In order to board or exit a vehicle, one or a plurality of steps or plates are provided for negotiation of a possible difference of height by a person in a wheelchair entering or getting off between the level of the floor of the vehicle and a platform at ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4453684 | Step operated locking mechanism for aircraft lower door Upper and lower sectional doors of rectangular configuration are mounted within an aircraft fuselage door frame and hinged for pivoting about horizontal axes at the upper and lower horizontal edges of respective door sections. A step is mounted to the int... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4275664 | Step-platform operation A step-platform operator 17 for transit vehicles for driving a step 19 and a platform 18 between open and closed positions, includes a reversible drive motor 42 driving the step and platform through a lever and linkage for providing differential motion be... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4251179 | Wheelchair lift A hoisting device particularly suitable for lifting handicapped persons with or without wheelchairs, into a vehicle. The lift can be installed into the door well of a public transit bus or of a railroad car. It could also be incorporated into a step struc... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4167286 | Entrance structure for a multi-passenger vehicle A multi-passenger vehicle such as a bus has a lateral entry and exit door which opens a stairwell. One or more passenger seats are arranged immediately adjacent to the stairwell. The passenger seat is oriented in such a manner relative to the longitudinal... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4081091 | Wheelchair lift A lift device particularly suitable for lifting handicapped persons with or without wheelchairs, into a vehicle or building. The lift can be incorporated into the doorway of any given vehicle, or into any step structure within a building. The lift, in its... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4027807 | Wheelchair lift A lift device particularly suitable for lifting handicapped persons with or without wheel chairs into a vehicle or building. The lift can be incorporated into the doorway of any given vehicle, or into any step structure within a building. The lift in its ... | 06/07/1977 |
