A61G 5/104
Devices for lifting or tilting the whole wheelchair
Official title: {Devices for lifting or tilting the whole wheelchair (transfer lifts A61G3/06; arrangements for adjusting the seat height A61G5/1059)}
A61G5/104 (Devices for lifting or tilting the whole wheelchair) appears on 170 US grants and 141 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 141
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 283
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
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| 2015 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 8 | 15 |
| 2020 | 16 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Elevated height wheelchair4 Aug 2026US 12,697,259 B2Pride Mobility Products Corporation
- Device and method for transferring handicapped or disabled persons into or out of a swimming pool28 Apr 2026US 12,612,796 B2
- Motorized lifting and transfer chair28 Apr 2026US 12,614,199 B2
- Vehicle31 Mar 2026US 12,589,039 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Wheelchair accessible seating locations within a venue6 Jan 2026US 12,515,144 B2Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC
- Electric Wheelchair17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272738 A1
- Wheelchair accessible seating locations within a venue26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084073 A1Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC
- Device for Relieving the Pressure that is Exerted on a Wheelchair User12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186277 A1Automax Aps
- Accessible swing29 May 2025US 2025/0170490 A1Landscape Structures Inc.
- Medical rehabilitation chair with sitting and reclining angle adjustment mechanism27 Feb 2025US 2025/0064656 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for moving a wheelchair over stepped obstacles94US 5,447,317 A1995
- All purpose wheelchair91US 4,949,408 A1990
- Reconfigurable transport apparatus64US 9,510,981 B2Stryker Corporation · 2016
- Apparatus for moving a wheelchair over stepped obstacles60US 5,230,522 A1993
- Wheelchair and lifting apparatus for handicapped persons driving automobiles40US 5,466,111 A1995