Low-Rise Wheelchair Lift
For those tight spaces where you want a premium lift with a full-sized platform, look no further than Ascension Protégé portable and permanent wheelchair lifts.
A Mighty Lift
The Protégé features an industry leading 900lb lifting capacity up to 42” high making it ideal for situations where extra capacity is needed.
A Low Profile
The Protégé’s low profile helps minimize its visual impact around stages and other places where audience sightlines are important.
A Big Lift for Small Spaces
The Protégé requires just 51.63” x 60.75” to be installed. This ensures that the Protégé can fit almost anywhere you need accessibility.
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Protégé Details
Vertical Travel: 4″ – 42″
Capacity: 900 lbs
Lift Footprint: 52″ W x 61″ L
The Protégé wheelchair lift is constructed using predominately aluminum, in addition to high-impact thermoplastic windows. These materials enable the Protégé to achieve a modern visual appeal, while maintaining a sturdy architecture capable of handling heavy use both indoors and outdoors.
The Protégé comes standard in Black; however, custom colors are available upon request. Many customers desire to have their lift painted to match team or organization colors, or a color that blends with the surrounding architecture or landscape.
Thanks in part to the lifting system employed in the Protégé, the volume of operation is reduced to a minimum. As the wheelchair lift ascends, it produces an operational volume of about between 50 dB and 70 dB – just about the level of casual conversation at a restaurant. While descending, the lift has a volume level of less than 2 dB, so it’s virtually silent.
Direct acting hydraulic drives
The Protégé meets all Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and ASME A18.1 regulations and is therefore a fully ADA Compliant wheelchair lift.
- Power door operators
- Internal emergency stop button
- Integrated safety pan switch
- Anticorrosion package
- Impact resistant windows
10-Year Drivetrain, 4-Year Parts, 90-Day Labor
NOTE: The warranty is held by the purchaser and warranty claims must be communicated between the lift purchaser and Ascension, not with the wheelchair lift installer! Wheelchair lift installers have no authority to approve warranty claims or perform warranty work without official notice from Ascension.
Protégé Model Options
The Ascension Protégé is available in several variations to provide access in almost any location. Please note that which lift variant is used for your project is largely a matter of code requirement. Contact an Ascension associate about which option is best for you.
Protégé 5442P - Portable
In this variation, the portable Protégé may be wheeled from place to place in order to provide accessibility on an as-needed basis.
Protégé 5442FG - Fixed with Upper Landing Gate
The Ascension Protégé 5442FG features a fixed gate installed at the upper landing platform. With some exceptions, this option is often used for lift distances greater than 30 inches.
Protégé 5442F - Fixed with Upper Platform Gate
The Ascension Protégé 5442F features a fixed gate attached to the lift (unlike the 5442FG) With some exceptions, this option is often used for lift distances 30 inches or less and is ideal for short stair rises or stage access.
Protégé 5442FX - Fixed Upper Landing Gate/Door
The Ascension Protégé 5442FX features a fixed gate or door option installed at the upper landing platform. With some exceptions, this option is often used for lift distances greater than 30 inches.
Protégé 5442FF - Fixed with Lower Landing Door (Third Party Door)
The Ascension Protégé 5442FF features a fixed door installed at the lower landing platform. The door is provided by a third part manufacturer in order to provide the customer with some specific aesthetic value.
Protégé 5442FE - Fixed with Both Upper and Lower Landing Doors (Shaftway - Third Party Doors)
The Ascension Protégé 5442FE is installed in a shaftway and features a fixed door installed at the both the lower and upper landing platforms. The doors are provided by a third part manufacturer in order to provide the customer with some specific aesthetic value.
Download Protégé Specifications
Note about file formats:
- What is a PDF? PDF stands for Portable Document Format is often used to exchange text documents and drawings without losing any of the data contained therein, such as text, graphics, and more, enabling PDFs to be easily shared and viewed across most devices and platforms, and thus making distributing engineering drawings easy.
- What is a DWG? DWG files are native to AutoCAD, a software commonly used in creating engineering drawings. DWG files are easily edited in AutoCAD, however, they are large and difficult to store and share. Additionally, DWG cannot be used by anything other than CAD software without it first being converted. This can sometimes make DWG use challenging during collaboration.
- What is RFA? RFA files are a type of Revit file and they may be loaded into a project or saved externally. Specifically, RFA files, or family files, are used to exchange between projects.
ARCAT SpecWizard
.DWG Files
- Protégé – Portable
- Protégé – Permanent
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate)
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate / Door by Third Party)
.PDF Files
- Ascension Brochure
- Protégé Brochure
- Lift Options Comparison Table
- Battery Backup Specs
- Protégé – Portable
- Protégé – Permanent
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate)
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate / Door by Third Party)
.RFA Files
- Protégé – Portable
- Protégé – Permanent
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate)
- Protégé – Permanent (Upper Landing Gate / Door by Third Party)
Support Manuals & Warranty
- Protégé Product Manual
- Protégé Maintenance Manual
- Protégé Operating Manual
- Protégé Warrant Card 5442F
- Protégé Warranty Card 5442P
.DOCX Files
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Custom Colors
Each lift has a standard color but that’s not the only color available! Want your lift to match company colors? Done! How about the same color as your house? Done! Contact Ascension to learn more about custom color options.
Window Etching
The windows of your wheelchair lift can now be customized! Company logos, quotes, scenes or more can be etched into the lift’s windows. Contact Ascension to learn more about window etching options.
Why Choose Ascension?
- Seemless design aesthetics
- Variable lifting heights
- Full sized door available at upper landing gate
- Indoor and outdoor configurations with ventilation
- Customizable colors and side panel options.
- Power door operators
- Internal emergency stop button
- Enclosed shaftway
- Minimized pinch and shear points in shaftway
- Integrated safety pan switch
- Anticorrosion package
- Impact resistant windows
- Contractors/Installers
- Rampless
- Pitless
- Partially assembled
- 120V 20A operation
- Low voltage external controls
- Small physical footprint
- Customizations
- Power door operators (upper and lower)
- One button operation
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Fit for Any Location
The Ascension Protégé is a versatile wheelchair lift capable of rise as low as 4″ or as high as 42″. Combined with its 900 lbs. capacity, the Protégé can provide access almost anywhere, including indoors, outside, in a commercial property, or a private home!
Indoor Access
The Ascension Protégé can provide access up stairs, to a stage, to event seating or more.
Outdoor Access
The Ascension Protégé can be installed outside of a building to provide access around a landscape or into the building.
Commercial Access
The Ascension Protégé is currently providing access in hospitals, schools event centers, and private homes throughout the US
Installation & Maintenance
The Protégé ships fully assembled, making installation fast and easy. An Ascension representative will work with you and an installer near you to ensure that the lift is installed quickly and correctly.
The Ascension Protégé features the longest, most comprehensive warranty in the industry with a 10-Year Drivetrain, 4-Year Parts, and 90-DayLabor guarantee. After installation, if you find that something is wrong with your Clarity, contact Ascension and we’ll get it sorted out.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, the Ascension Protégé wheelchair lift is available in a portable format. The portable Protégé comes on caster wheels. A single person is capable of easily lowering the casters using a hydraulic handpump found in the side of the lift. Once on its wheels, the lift is easily maneuverable by a single person and may be moved and reestablished in a different location.
In regard to Ascension wheelchair lifts, “portable” refers to the ability of a wheelchair lift to be physically relocated to another location when desired. The adds a great deal of functionality to the wheelchair lift and enables a facility to provide accessibility on an as-needed bases for events or to different locations. In comparison, a permanent wheelchair lift is bolted and hardwired into place, and cannot be easily moved from its location.