LIFT ASSEMBLY WITH HANDRAILS FOR A PASSENGER VEHICLE

A wheelchair lift for a passenger vehicle such as a passenger bus, a motorcoach, or a class A motorhome. The wheelchair lift includes a housing having sidewalls and a plurality of bearings and a carriage supporting one or more of electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic components. A lift assembly, coupled to the housing, includes a first and second scissor leg assembly couples to a platform. First and second handrail assemblies are respectively coupled to first and second sidewalls of the platform. The first handrail assembly includes a lower handrail shield coupled to a first handrail, and an upper handrail shield rotatably coupled to the lower handrail shield and moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein the upper handrail shield in the lowered position is moveable with the lower handrail shield between a storage location and a boundary location.