A vehicle wheelchair lift is equipment that enables a person with a handicap to comfortably ride into a vehicle. It also allows you to transport the wheelchair or scooter with the vehicle. The two main types of the vehicle wheelchair lift are those that you can put inside the vehicle and those that just stay [...]
In today’s healthcare industry, ceiling lifts have proven to be the smartest solution to lift, transfer and transport patients with limitations. A number of firms are active in this field of manufacturing ceiling lifts in various specifications to suit customers’ needs. The ceiling lift solution was launched in 2002 in British Columbia. It was developed [...]
Overhead Fastening to Concrete Decks Many times on the site, you are called on to suspend items from a concrete deck, bar joist or metal deck. This article will give you a few ideas to fasten to the deck from the floor in particular, hanging ceiling grid wire, jack chain and threaded rod. Just some [...]
One of the biggest disadvantages that a pick up truck offers is that it can be pretty difficult to load and unload heavy objects, especially when there is no loading dock to rely on or a crane in place to carry the weight of the load. By attaching a hitch lift to the back of [...]
You’ve seen them parking in a handicapped space, then unloading their vehicle wheelchair lift from their vans. These vehicle wheelchair lifts are a simple and easy way to load and unload wheelchair bound people into and out of the car. These can be used with regular as well as motorized wheelchairs and they can be [...]
Wheelchair lifts, as the name suggests, are devices to lift people in wheelchair up a flight of steps or even a single step. In the latter case the wheelchair ramp is the less expensive and more feasible solution. Also called platform lifts, wheelchair lifts are also used in wheelchair accessible vans and other vehicles. Here [...]
Wheelchair platform lifts are ideal accessibility options for older and disabled people. Using these devices, these individuals can reduce the accessibility problems in their homes or offices and gain more freedom, mobility and independence. These lifts are effective solutions which are designed to lift a disabled person or an old person from one floor to [...]
You’ve likely discovered that portable wheelchairs don’t have to be a limitation. Adjusting to new circumstances is hard enough however it can sometimes feel like you’ve been closed off from the world. Here are some suggestions about lifts and ramps that may be an answer to your problems. For many the idea of living in [...]
range for virtually any consumer. The Bruno name has always meant trust, and our new Vertical Platform Lift extends that promise to another category of solutions for your independence. Standard Features Include: •Automatic self-lowering folding ramp •750 lb lifting capacity •53 and 75 maximum floor to floor height (Model VPL-3153 and VPL-3175) •Separate up and [...]
For users of electric mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs, accessibility is very important. Uneven surfaces such as exterior entrances to the home can create a barrier that a wheelchair or electric scooter user cannot cross. Some homes (particularly older homes or homes that have been remodeled) have other doorjambs or uneven floor levels that require [...]
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