Patent · US Expired

Oxygen tank holder for wheelchairs

US3970344A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
4References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1975
Grant dateJul 20, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 11, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S297/04
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An oxygen tank holding device for ready attachment to most standard, foldable wheelchairs. The device is collapsible and includes a tank receiving basket and a pair of struts detachably supported on the wheelchair and pivotally connected to opposed sides of the basket; flexible cable means being provided to maintain the basket in a vertical position when the device is in operative position on a wheelchair. The device frees respiratory patients from confinement by providing them with available oxygen mounted on their wheelchairs.

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