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*The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any products. For your convenience, we have compiled this information to be used as a resource. Products listed may or may not meet accessibility standards or recommendations. It is important to check design specifications of products. This list is not comprehensive. For more detailed information, please contact the NCA at (812) 856-4422 Voice, (812) 856-4421 TTY or nca@indiana.edu.

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Below Grade Lifts

No picture available
Metro Tool and Manufacturing


Elevators

(Flexi-Lift) An elevator is shown with an open door. An elevator is shown with an open door.
The picture shows an elevator with an open steel door. The inside of the elevator looks to have a wood wall.
 A glass-walled elevator is shown with wood railings, floors and stairs surrounding it. No picture available.
Access Industries, Inc.
AMCO Elevators, Inc.
Federal Elevator
Inclinator Company of America
Lift-Avator

The picture shows an elevator with an open gray steel door.
National Wheel-O-Vator Company


Inclined Lifts

A woman sits is a manual wheelchair that sits on a platform. The platform is attached to wall tracks and seems to be transporting the woman up the stairs. Another woman and two children are coming down the same stairs. A woman manually wheels a wheelchair onto a silver platform lift. The platform lift is attached to white wall tracks immediately above a set of red stairs.
Garaventa, Ltd.
National Wheel-O-Vator Company


Portable Lifts

This picture is separated into two parts. The left-hand side shows an off-white portable lift in its lowered position. The right-hand side shows and off-white portable lift with the platform in the raised position. This picture shows three steps to using this portable lift. Step one is entitled “Load” and shows a man in a manual wheelchair wheeling onto a platform lift. Step two, entitled “Lift”, shows the same man now on the platform lift and a woman standing behind him on the ground operating the lift controls. Step three is entitled “Leave” shows the same man and woman. This time the bottom of the platform lift is about waist-high to the woman, who is still standing on the original level. The woman and man are smiling at each other. A young girl using a manual wheelchair is seen through the glass walls of the portable lift. There is a stage and a podium in the background. A young boy sits in a wheelchair that has a track system underneath. A woman is standing behind the boy holding handles attached to the track system as she guides the device down the stairs. Another boy walks down the stairs on the left side of the picture.
Access Industries
Adaptive Engineering, Ltd.
Ascension
Garaventa, Ltd.


Stair Lifts

A woman sits on a single chair that is attached to a lift mechanism. The lift rides a track up a flight of wooden stairs. No Picture Available
Inclinator Company of America
Lift-Avator


Vertical Lifts

A woman sits on a single chair that is attached to a lift mechanism. The lift rides a track up a flight of wooden stairs. No picture available. A man in a suit and tie exits a vertical platform lift using his manual wheelchair. No picture available. A woman using a manual wheelchair enters into a tall rectangular device that is the vertical lift
Garaventa, Ltd.
Giant Lift Equipment
Inclinator Company of America
Lift-Avator
National Wheel-O-Vator Company




  Below Grade Lifts

No picture available.

Metro Tool and Manufacturing Company, Inc.

  • Metro Tool and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    424 Fairman Road
    Lexington, KY
    Phone: (859) 254-8089
  • Everhard lift retracts into ground or floor
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

  Elevators

(Flexi-Lift) – An elevator is shown with an open door.

Access Industries, Inc.

  • Access Industries, Inc.
    4001 East 138th Street
    Grandview, MO 64030
    Toll Free: (800) 669-9047
    Phone: (816) 763-3100
    Fax: (816) 763-4467
    www.accessind.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A glass-walled elevator is shown with wood railings, floors and stairs surrounding it.

AMCO Elevators, Inc.

  • AMCO Elevators, Inc.
    PO Box 7014
    Indianapolis, IN 46207
    Phone: (317) 231-2345
    Fax: (317) 231-2340
    www.amcoelevators.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

(Carelift) – The picture shows an elevator with an open steel door. The inside of the elevator looks to have a wood wall.

Federal Elevator

  • Federal Elevator
    187 Deehurst Drive, Unit 1
    Brampton, Ontario
    Canada, L6T 5K3
    Toll Free: (888) 785-5438
    Phone: (905) 458-4015
    Fax: (905) 458-0680
    www.federalelevator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A glass-walled elevator is shown with wood railings, floors and stairs surrounding it.

Inclinator Company of America

  • Inclinator Company of America
    2200 Paxton Street
    PO Box 1557
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Toll Free: (800) 343-9007
    Phone: (717) 234-8065
    Fax: (717) 234-0941
    www.inclinator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

No picture available.

Lift-Avator

  • Lift-Avator
    5299 Enterprise Drive
    Lockport, NY 14094
    Phone: (716) 434-1300
    Fax: (716) 434-7770
    www.liftavator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

National Wheel-O-Vator Company

  • National Wheel-O-Vator Company
    509 West Front Street
    Roanoke, IL 61561
    Toll Free: (888) 353-8898
    Fax: (309) 923-5091
    www.wheelovator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

  Inclined Lifts

A woman sits is a manual wheelchair that sits on a platform. The platform is attached to wall tracks and seems to be transporting the woman up the stairs. Another woman and two children are coming down the same stairs.

Garaventa, Ltd.

  • Garaventa, Ltd.
    7505 134A Street
    Surrey, B.C. Canada V3W 7B3
    Toll Free: (800) 663-6556
    Phone: (604) 594-0422
    Fax: (604) 594-9915
    www.garaventa.ca
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A woman manually wheels a wheelchair onto a silver platform lift. The platform lift is attached to white wall tracks immediately above a set of red stairs.

National Wheel-O-Vator Company

  • National Wheel-O-Vator Company
    509 West Front Street
    Roanoke, IL 61561
    Toll Free: (888) 353-8898
    Fax: (309) 923-5091
    www.wheelovator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

  Portable Lifts

This picture is separated into two parts. The left-hand side shows an off-white portable lift in its lowered position. The right-hand side shows and off-white portable lift with the platform in the raised position.

Access Industries, Inc.

  • Access Industries, Inc.
    4001 East 138th Street
    Grandview, MO 64030
    Toll Free: (800) 669-9047
    Phone: (816) 763-3100
    Fax: (816) 763-4467
    www.accessind.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

This picture shows three steps to using this portable lift. Step one is entitled “Load” and shows a man in a manual wheelchair wheeling onto a platform lift. Step two, entitled “Lift”, shows the same man now on the platform lift and a woman standing behind him on the ground operating the lift controls. Step three is entitled “Leave” shows the same man and woman. This time the bottom of the platform lift is about waist-high to the woman, who is still standing on the original level. The woman and man are smiling at each other.

Adaptive Engineering, Ltd.

  • Adaptive Engineering, Ltd.
    419 34th Avenue South East
    Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 1V1
    Toll Free: (800) 448-4652
    Phone: (403) 243-9400
    Fax: (403) 243-9455
    www.adaptivelifts.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A young girl using a manual wheelchair is seen through the glass walls of the portable lift. There is a stage and a podium in the background.

Ascension

  • Ascension
    3526 East Ft. Lowell Road
    PO Box 40020
    Tucson, AZ 85717-0020
    Toll Free: (800) 459-0400
    Phone: (520) 881-3993
    Fax: (520) 881-4983
    www.wheelchairlift.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A young boy sits in a wheelchair that has a track system underneath. A woman is standing behind the boy holding handles attached to the track system as she guides the device down the stairs. Another boy walks down the stairs on the left side of the picture.

Garaventa, Ltd.

  • Garaventa, Ltd.
    7505 134A Street
    Surrey, B.C. Canada V3W 7B3
    Toll Free: (800) 663-6556
    Phone: (604) 594-0422
    Fax: (604) 594-9915
    www.garaventa.ca
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

  Stair Lifts

A woman sits on a single chair that is attached to a lift mechanism. The lift rides a track up a flight of wooden stairs.

Inclinator Company of America

  • Inclinator Company of America
    2200 Paxton Street
    PO Box 1557
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Toll Free: (800) 343-9007
    Phone: (717) 234-8065
    Fax: (717) 234-0941
    www.inclinator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

No picture available.

Lift-Avator

  • Lift-Avator
    5299 Enterprise Drive
    Lockport, NY 14094
    Phone: (716) 434-1300
    Fax: (716) 434-7770
    www.liftavator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

  Vertical Lifts

A woman sits on a single chair that is attached to a lift mechanism. The lift rides a track up a flight of wooden stairs.

Garaventa, Ltd.

  • Garaventa, Ltd.
    7505 134A Street
    Surrey, B.C. Canada V3W 7B3
    Toll Free: (800) 663-6556
    Phone: (604) 594-0422
    Fax: (604) 594-9915
    www.garaventa.ca
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

No picture available.

Giant Lift Equipment

  • Giant Lift Equipment
    PO Box 626
    North Hampton, NH 03862
    Toll Free: (800) 524-4268
    www.giantlift.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A man in a suit and tie exits a vertical platform lift using his manual wheelchair.

Inclinator Company of America

  • Inclinator Company of America
    2200 Paxton Street
    PO Box 1557
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Toll Free: (800) 343-9007
    Phone: (717) 234-8065
    Fax: (717) 234-0941
    www.inclinator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

No picture available.

Lift-Avator

  • Lift-Avator
    5299 Enterprise Drive
    Lockport, NY 14094
    Phone: (716) 434-1300
    Fax: (716) 434-7770
    www.liftavator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

A woman using a manual wheelchair enters into a tall rectangular device that is the vertical lift

National Wheel-O-Vator Company

  • National Wheel-O-Vator Company
    509 West Front Street
    Roanoke, IL 61561
    Toll Free: (888) 353-8898
    Fax: (309) 923-5091
    www.wheelovator.com
  • The National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer.

 

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