Treadmill for use with a wheelchair
US5476429A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S482/904
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An exercise device for the occupant of a wheelchair acting as a treadmill which may be used for cardiac stress testing, cardiac or stroke rehabilitation, fitness training, aerobic training or educational/physical games, with the device including a generally inclined ramp having parallel sides, a forward entrance portion, a movable dolly mounted on rails on the sides of the ramp, the dolly having a pair of laterally movable caster capture plates with openings to receive the front casters of a wheelchair and angular rods cooperating with the wheelchair drive wheels acting to adjust the lateral spacing of said plates, locking means for the dolly to retain it in its forward position, separate locking means for locking the dolly in its rearward position when a wheelchair has been moved onto the ramp into operative position, a pair of enlarged openings adjacent the rear edge of the ramp, and a pair of longitudinally movable rollers beneath the ramp and movable between a rear retracted position allowing the wheelchair drive wheels to be partially received in the openings and a forward position under the drive wheels to engage and lift the drive wheels so that the user can manually rotate …
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