Patent · US Expired

Power wheelchair

US6176335A · kind A · utility

85Cited by
96References
28Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 1, 1996
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S180/907
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A power wheelchair has a frame, a seat connected to the frame, a pair of drive wheels connected to the frame and rotatable about transverse axis below a portion of the seat supporting the wheelchair occupant's thighs and at least one ground-engaging idler wheel connected to the frame behind the drive wheels.

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