Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1993-05-24
1994-11-08
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
5623, 5624, 248285, A61G 514
Patent
active
053620828
ABSTRACT:
The adjustable lateral support for a wheelchair includes a slotted block body housing member fastened to the solid back of a wheelchair. The slotted block body cooperates with a spring loaded locking pin that engages a sliding multiaxis, multiholed hinged bracket. The slotted block body also provides a track for adjustments of the bracket in medial and lateral directions along with placement in specific vertical positions on the solid back. Release of the spring loaded locking pin permits engagement into the multiholed bracket and locks it into place in the slotted block body. Pulling the spring loaded locking pin out of the multiholed angle bracket permits it to slide into a new position into the slotted block housing member or enables the angle bracket to be completely removed. The multiholed angle bracket is sectioned into two parts and connected together by a locking hinge joint. A support pad attached to a most distal end of the bracket can thus rotate away from a midline orientation. The adjustments in lateral and medial directions, the ability for support pads to rotate away from or toward the body or to be completely removed, permits for easy adjustment without tools and unobstructed movement of an occupant into and out of the wheelchair.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5074574 (1991-12-01), Carwin
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