Leg support for a wheelchair
US4486048A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S297/04
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A leg support for a wheelchair, comprising a vertical supporting tube, which is detachably mountable on said wheelchair, the upper end of said supporting tube having a horizontal arm mounted thereon, which arm extends in the direction of travel and on which arm a leg support carrier, supporting a foot-plate and a calf-plate, is pivotably mounted by means of its upper end, in which the leg support carrier is formed by an external telescopic tube and an internal telescopic tube inserted into the external telescopic tube, both tubes being pivotably mounted on the arm about their own respective swivel axles.
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