Assembly for giving self-service access to at least one wheelchair for a person of reduced mobility

An assembly for providing self-service access to at least one wheelchair comprising a chassis supported by wheels and provided with a seating member, the assembly comprising a docking station comprising a structure delimiting at least one docking point to accept the wheelchair in such a way, that, when the wheelchair is in the docking point, the wheelchair rests on the wheels and the seating member of the wheelchair is arranged in such a way as to be usable by a user wishing to sit down;

• wherein the wheels include rear wheels;
• wherein the structure forms a base having at least one seat having a seating member which is not as high as the seating member of the wheelchair and is not as wide as a space between the rear wheels of the wheelchair such that the wheelchair can be engaged, in reverse, over the top of the seating member of the seat while resting on the wheels;
• wherein the docking station is provided with a locking device configured to retain the wheelchair in the docking point;
• and
• wherein the locking device is secured to the structure and comprises, a casing delimiting a slot in which a lock bolt is able to move between a position in which the lock bolt projects into the slot and a position retracted from the slot, and a strike secured to the wheelchair configured to be engaged in the slot and to collaborate with the lock bolt when the wheelchair is in a position in the docking station.