Manufacturers of home elevators, residential and commercial dumbwaiters, and indoor/outdoor vertical platform wheelchair lifts. Inclinator’s heritage dates back to 1923 when C.C. Crispen, a Pennsylvania entrepreneur, invented the inclining stair chair lift. In 1928, he introduced the first residential elevator. Over the years, the company has pioneered many product advancements. The family-owned business still manufactures all of its lift products out of its Central Pennsylvania facility, and has added regional sales offices throughout the US.