Grip attachment for wheelchair rim

Details Grip attachment for wheelchair rim Grip attachment for wheelchair rim

2007-06-26

2007-06-26

Morris, Lesley D. (Department: 3611)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

C280S304100, C403S289000, C403S290000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11154038

ABSTRACT:
For a manually propelled wheelchair having a rear wheel located on either side of the wheelchair, each rear wheel including an annular or round push rim of substantially uniform, uninterrupted cross section, a grip attachment attachable to the rim used by an occupant of the wheelchair to propel the wheelchair. The grip attachment includes a gripping body having a preferably convex palm-pushing surface on a posterior side thereof and a preferably concave finger-pulling surface on an anterior side thereof. A rim-engaging member having an annular or circular-shaped attached to each rear wheel is adapted to cooperate with the gripping body to clampingly secure the gripping body to the rim in a laterally outwardly extending orientation. By this arrangement, an occupant may propel the wheelchair forwardly by exerting palm pressure against the posterior side and rearwardly by exerting finger pressure against the anterior side. Preferably, a plurality of grip attachments are installed in evenly spaced orientation around each rim.

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patent: 5037120 (1991-08-01), Parisi
patent: 5988661 (1999-11-01), Garfinkle
patent: 6241268 (2001-06-01), Niklasson

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