Vehicle for the disabled

Details Vehicle for the disabled Vehicle for the disabled

1987-07-28

1988-12-06

Love, John J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

280242WC, 280282, 297DIG4, B60D 104

Patent

active

047891750

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle for the disabled comprising a wheel-chair with seat and back-rest, on the chassis of which two coaxial rear wheels and at least one front wheel are mounted, a cycle frame arranged behind the wheel-chair with a drive wheel drivable by means of pedals, a saddle and coupling device, mounted pivotably on a steering bearing of the cycle frame about a substantially vertical pivot axis, for the detachable connection of the wheel-chair with the cycle frame, the coupling device having at least one cross-member extending transversely of the longitudinal axis of the cycle frame, which cross-member is securable to the wheel-chair chassis through two coupling elements spaced from one another in the transverse direction and supports the forward end of the cycle frame on the chassis of the wheel-chair, is characterized in that the steering bearing (35) carrying the coupling device is connected with the cycle frame (2) through a joint (42) with substantially horizontal pivot axis but otherwise substantially rigidly in rotation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1661257 (1928-03-01), Kirch
patent: 1962013 (1934-06-01), Griffoul
patent: 2482585 (1949-09-01), Hauptman

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