Inclined platform lifts, or IPLs, are lifts that carry a wheelchair user over an existing staircase on a level platform—a little like a flying carpet. The platform folds up when the inclined lift is not in use, so the stairs are open and passable.

An inclined wheelchair lift is designed to allow easy wheelchair access to stairs without the high construction costs involved in building a hoistway for an elevator or vertical platform lift. What’s more, these foldable units allow for maximum usable space on the stairway when they are not in use.

An inclined platform lift is a motorized mobility equipment solution designed to navigate a wheelchair user or a person with mobility limitations up and down a staircase on a diagonally inclined platform. These lifts operate along a track mounted on the wall alongside the existing stairs.