Adjustable motion wheel chair

US7455362B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kids Up, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wayne H. Hanson · Bozeman, US
• Dale A. Mandeville · Belgrade, US
• William Phelps · Bozeman, US
• Stephen Sanford · Bozeman, US
• Edward D. Urband · Belgrade, US
• Gregor Horacek · Ransbach-Baumbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G5/1075
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An adjustable motion wheel chair having a mobility base for supporting a back panel and a seat panel. A pair of control plates are mounted to the mobility base and positioned laterally across the mobility base in spaced apart parallel relation. The back panel includes a pair of pivot pins located on opposite lateral edges of the back panel which are pivotally received by a respective control plate. A linkage member hingedly connects the seat panel to the back panel. Each control plate includes a forwardly extending stop for limiting the downward movement of a front edge of the seat panel. A latch member is attached to each control plate and is operable between a first position where the back panel is fixed in angular relation with the seat panel and a second position where the back panel is rotatable with respect to the seat panel.