Patent · US Expired

Wheelchair controls

US4078627A · kind A · utility

55Cited by
4References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1976
Grant dateMar 14, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 11, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20012
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control unit for a motorized wheelchair for an invalid the control unit having a part engageable with the occupants chin and being movable in a first direction in order to cause movement of the wheelchair in a forwards direction and in a second and third direction to steer the wheelchair either to the left or to the right, an on/off and reverse/forward switch being provided operable by the occupants head.

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