Wheel Chair Abstract: An improved wheel chair foot/leg rest is disclosed that can be retro-fitted onto existing wheel chairs. A series of parallel tubes attach under the wheel chair seat, and house sliding tubes that carry a rotating foot/leg rest. W...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A mechanism for the transport of an object across relatively level surfaces as well as to ascend and descend stairways. The mechanism is described particularly with respect to a wheel chair for handicapped persons and is provide...
Wheel Chair Abstract: The wheel chair of this invention has its seat member supported for raising and lowering on a chassis having a castering rear wheel and two relatively small front wheels rotatable on a common axis, each driven independently of t...
Wheel Chair Abstract: An automatic wheelchair brake is provided which automatically locks both wheels when a patient attempts to rise from the wheelchair. While seated the patient manually operates a three-way lever brake with manually locked, manual...
Wheel Chair Abstract: An articulated wheel chair includes front and rear sections which are pivotally connected together to permit pivoting therebetween about a vertical axis. The front section is provided with a pair of support wheels and the rear s...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A motorized wheel chair is provided comprising a chassis having two rear wheels and one front wheel mounted thereon. The front wheel is steerable by a handlebar. The rear wheels are driven by an electric motor, coupled to a gear...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A wheel chair including a frame, at least three wheels, a drive mechanism and a single lever control mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a prime mover mechanism and a selective engagement mechanism. The frame is supported by...
Wheel Chair Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for lifting a wheel-chair into and out from a vehicle, having a lifting arm which may be connected to the wheel-chair. According to the invention the apparatus comprises a substantially Z-sh...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A table designed for ease of use by the occupant of a wheel chair having a shaped, cut-back, front edge to allow the torso of the user to extend partially into the working surface, enabling the user to have ease of access to the...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A foldable wheelchair, which may be moved along a predetermined direction of movement, includes first and second side frames, drive wheels and travelling wheels rotatably supported on the side frames, and a folding mechanism whi...
Wheel Chair Abstract: An adjustable canopy for a wheel chair, beach chair and the like, which includes a tubular frame which may be turned and set to any desired angular position, and which may be coupled to a tubular back frame of the chair in frict...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A wheel-chair has a foldable frame structure (10) which is lockable in the unfolded state and carries wheels (11, 12) and a back (13). In the folded state, all fixed parts are folded up between the wheels of the wheel-chair. The...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A wheelchair having a propulsion and speed change mechanism, the mechanism has a clutch with a cam clutch (21) and a cylindrical fly wheel (23) installed on a hub (24) of the shaft (25) of the main wheel of the chair. The clutch...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A device is disclosed for detachably coupling a wheelchair to any bicyle such that they are transportable together as a unit without the need of anything or anyone other than the sole operator of the bicycle. The device allows t...
Wheel Chair Abstract: An adjustable type of wheeled sick bed can also act as a wheel chair, having a spring mattress in three sections pivoting with each other. The mattress is structured in a weblike network, and under its front and rear sections ar...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A wheel chair hoist assembly for a vehicle having a body, a roof and a door opening comprises a support bar suspended within the body, with a mount tube reciprocally mounted upon the support bar. A boom having a retracted positi...
Wheel Chair Abstract: A four-wheel drive wheelchair is disclosed, the wheelchair includes a frame and seat for supporting a user in an upright position and a pair of rear wheels mounted on opposite sides of the frame for supporting the rear end there...