Conveyance apparatus

Motor vehicles – Motor-carrying attachments – Driven steering wheel type

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180253, 180 651, B60K 100

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059379596

ABSTRACT:
A conveyance apparatus, and more particularly, an improvement of a transfer aid mechanism which allows a patient to be transferred from a bed to a wheelchair, for example, is disclosed. The transfer aid mechanism according to the invention includes casters disposed at four locations on a frame, and a drive mechanism which is elevatable with respect to the frame. When required, the drive mechanism is lowered to bring its drive wheel into contact with a floor, and when the drive wheel is driven for rotation under this condition, the transfer aid mechanism may be moved back and forth by utilizing the drive wheel alone. Accordingly, a travelling movement of the transfer aid mechanism is facilitated if there is a carpet laid over the floor or there is a step in the floor.

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