Wheelchair for transferring a patient to an automobile
AssigneeTon Duc Thang University
InventorCong Thanh Diep Tu
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Abstract
A wheelchair for transferring a patient to an automobile is disclosed that comprises: a base assembly; a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor connected to the base assembly; the first motor is configured to move the wheelchair around during a normal operating mode, the second motor is configured to provide stability to the wheelchair during a patient transferring mode; and a seating assembly having a fixed seat section and a movable seat section which are separated from each other during the patient transferring mode.
Claims17
An apparatus for transferring a patient from a wheelchair to an automobile, comprising:
- a base assembly comprising a front side, a back side, a left side, and a right side;
- a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor connected to said base assembly, wherein said first motor is configured to transport said patient on said apparatus during a normal operating mode, and wherein said second motor is operable to provide stability to said apparatus during a patient transferring mode;
- a double-layered seating assembly having a fixed seat section and a movable seat section mechanically connected to the top side of said base assembly, wherein said movable seat section where said patient directly sits upon is folded on top of said fixed seat section during said normal operating mode, and wherein said third motor is configured to separate said movable seat section laterally outward from said fixed seat section so as to move said patient to said automobile during said patient transferring mode;
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- a threaded actuating arm connected to said first motor which is fastened to the middle of said left side, said threaded actuating arm connected to said second motor, to the middle of said connecting bar, and to said right side of said base assembly, said second motor is operable to rotate said threaded actuating arm which extends a fifth caster wheel and a sixth caster wheel outward during said patient transferring mode and to rotate said threaded actuating arm in a second direction to retract said fifth caster wheel and said sixth caster wheel back inside said base assembly during said normal operating mode.
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