Wheelchair suspension

A - Human Necessities – 61 – G

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

A61G 5/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2605373

The present invention has a plurality of pivoting linkages to lift and retract a front castor assembly to facilitate traversing an obstacle or rough terrain. In this regard, a wheelchair suspension having a frame member and at least one a pivoting assembly is provided. The pivoting assembly has, for example, a first linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member and a second linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member. At least one front caster assembly is coupled to the first and second linkages wherein upward pivotal movement of the first linkage causes the caster assembly to undergo upward vertical movement and upward pivotal movement of the second linkage causes the caster assembly to undergo lateral movement inward toward the wheelchair.

La présente invention concerne une chaise roulante comprenant une pluralité de tringleries pivotantes permettant de lever et de rétracter un ensemble de roues avant en vue d'un passage facilité sur un obstacle ou un terrain accidenté. € cet effet, la présente utilise une suspension de chaise roulante comportant un élément de châssis et au moins un ensemble pivotant. Cet ensemble pivotant comprend, par exemple, une première tringlerie couplée pivotante à l'élément de châssis et une seconde tringlerie couplée pivotante audit élément de châssis. Au moins un ensemble de roues avant est couplé à la première et à la seconde tringleries, un mouvement de pivotement vers le haut de la première tringlerie amenant cet ensemble de roues à effectuer un mouvement vertical, un mouvement de pivotement vers le haut de la seconde tringlerie amenant ledit ensemble de roues à effectuer un mouvement latéral vers l'intérieur en direction de la chaise roulante.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for Canadian inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Wheelchair suspension does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Wheelchair suspension, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Wheelchair suspension will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1499228

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.