Patent · US Expired

Wheelchair frame assembly

US5722676A · kind A · utility

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8References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1995
Grant dateMar 3, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B2200/67
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wheelchair frame assembly made by connecting a plurality of unit frames together, each unit frame including a plurality of metal frame tubes, and a plastic cover shell directly molded on the metal frame tubes, each metal frame tube having one end embedded in the plastic cover shell and an opposite end exposed to the exterior for mounting another element, the cover shell having a plurality of integral arm sections respectively connected between each two adjacent metal frame tubes, a plurality of integral rod sections respectively fitted into the embedded end of each metal frame tube, and at least one coupling portion for connection of a respective coupling portion of another unit frame.

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