Chairs and seats – Rest for knee – leg – or foot – Connected to chair or seat for relative movement
Patent
1987-06-12
1988-09-13
McCall, James T.
Chairs and seats
Rest for knee, leg, or foot
Connected to chair or seat for relative movement
297DIG4, 403108, A47C 750
Patent
active
047704675
ABSTRACT:
An improved footrest unit is provided for use with a wheelchair or the like for supporting the foot and leg of a person using the wheelchair. The footrest unit includes an elongated leg tube having an upper end joined to an upper frame sleeve adapted for in-line rotatable connection between vertically aligned frame members of a wheelchair frame, and a lower end carrying a footplate for supporting the foot of a person using the wheelchair. The entire footrest unit is rotatable about a central axis of the frame sleeve and relative to the wheelchair frame for swinging movement between a normal operating position at the front of the wheelchair and an out-of-the-way position at one side of the wheelchair. Lock members are provided for releasably locking the footrest unit in the normal operating position. Two of the footrest units are normally provided for each wheelchair for respectively supporting both feet of a wheelchair user.
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Everest & Jennings, Inc.
McCall James T.
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