Powered wheelchair having transversely mounted drive mechanism
US5094310A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S297/04
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A powered wheelchair includes a high efficiency drive mechanism for increasing the range of travel on a predetermined battery charge. Drive motors are transversely mounted relative to side frames of the wheelchair, and disposed in superimposed arrangement for varying the width of the wheelchair.
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