Means for facilitating the entry and exit of a person in a wheel

Details Means for facilitating the entry and exit of a person in a wheel Means for facilitating the entry and exit of a person in a wheel

1993-10-05

1994-10-11

Fetsuga, Robert M.

Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons

Pool type

Accessory

188 32, E04H 414

Patent

active

053534468

ABSTRACT:
A device for facilitating the assisted entry and exit of a person in a wheelchair (a) from the wheelchair into a body of water and (b) out of the water back into the wheelchair is disclosed in which a platform support has two forward sections that extend at least partially over the water and receive thereon a front wheel of each respective side of the wheelchair, such that the positional relationship of the wheelchair with respect to the water, when the wheelchair is disposed on the platform, is one in which at least a front portion of the front edge of the seat of the wheelchair, in a vertical orientation, is disposed over the water surface, and the movement of the person in the wheelchair, upon the person's movement from the wheelchair entering into the pool, and exiting from the pool back into the wheelchair, is an essentially direct vertical movement with respect to the water, uninterrupted by a physical barrier. The platform is adaptable to retrofit or built-in construction, may be an add-on appliance device, may be fabricated in the form of a flexible mat, solid plate, or other variation. The device is useful with pools, ocean or freshwater docks, boat platforms and other environments where wheelchair access to water is desirable.

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