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Backupholstery adjustment device for wheelchair

US7188902B1 · kind B1 · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 12, 2005
Grant dateMar 13, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 29, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S297/04
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A backupholstery adjustment device for a wheelchair includes a wheelchair having a horizontally and/or obliquely adjusted backupholstery which has a pair of upper positioning rods and a pair of lower positioning rods spacedly secured to a plurality of V-shaped linking plates on inward arcuate lateral sides thereof, a pair of upper and a pair of lower adjustment pieces respectively secured to the upper and lower portions of a pair of L-shaped handles through a plurality of clamping plates. The upper adjustment pieces each has a slit abutting a stopping portion in the top insertable by the pair of upper positioning rods and a plurality of grooves formed inside for selectively engaging the upper positioning rods. The lower adjustment pieces each has a slit abutting a stopping portion, too, insertable by the pair of lower positioning rods and a single groove engageable within the lower positioning rods. In an alternate arrangement, both the upper and lower adjustment pieces having a plurality of positioning grooves.

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