Therapy steering wheel for wheelchair

Details Therapy steering wheel for wheelchair Therapy steering wheel for wheelchair

1990-04-10

1991-07-16

Apley, Richard J.

Undertaking

272143, A63B 2122

Patent

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050319124

ABSTRACT:
An automobile steering assembly to be mounted on a wheelchair for therapeutic purposes. The steering wheel is rotatably mounted on a plate attached to the horizontal center section of a tubular frame which fits onto the frame of the wheelchair. The steering wheel is positioned so that it is presented to the person seated in the wheelchair in the same position that the steering wheel of an automobile is presented to the seated driver of the automobile so that the person in the wheelchair can grasp the steering wheel as though he or she were the driver of an automobile. The steering wheel is mounted so it can be rotated or turned about its central axis similarly to the turning of an automobile steering wheel. However, unlike an automobile steering wheel, the therapy steering wheel includes manually adjustable means for varying the amount of force required to turn the therapy steering wheel.

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