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Reconfigurable tilt wheelchair

US8511699B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 2012
Grant dateAug 20, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49716
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A modular wheelchair assembly is adapted to be reconfigured between a fixed angle of tilt, a dynamically adjustable tilt-in-space configuration with the tilt axis being near the user's knees and a dynamically adjustable tilt-in-space configuration with the tilt axis being near the user's center of gravity. The reconfiguration is achieved by modifying a limited number of selectively removable components of the support assembly or the pivot assembly of the wheelchair.

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