Pollock Lifts - wheelchair lifts, stair lifts, overhead hoists, stair lifts for disabled, mobility aids, disability aids

Platforms lifts are usually used to lift wheelchairs to a certain level but they can also be used for different purposes as well. It is relatively easy to identify a platform lift all you have to look for is if the surface of the lift is flat or on a platform. Either way platform lifts can be used for many different purposes and as i mentioned earlier the most common purpose of a platform lift is to raise wheelchairs to a certain level. For example, if a handicap person needed to get onto a bus chances are he or she will need to use a portable platform lift to raise the wheelchair enough to roll onto the bus and to get off as well. So if you have recently suffered a leg injury it would be a wise idea to buy a platform lift especially if you will be unable to walk for a long time. However platform lifts can be used for the public as well; in other words you do not have to purchase a lift just for yourself but instead you can use a public one. Elevators can be used to transport handicap people to a higher ground level as well.