Interfacing wheelchairs with wheeled apparatuses
OwnerKevin Jon Carr, Cody Randall Schmidt +1inventors
InventorsKevin Jon Carr, Cody Randall Schmidt, Nicholas Aaron Elliott
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Abstract
Devices described in this disclosure can interconnect a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus. For example, this document describes interfacing devices that releasably receive the front wheels of a wheelchair and the rear wheels of another wheeled apparatus in such a way that a user of the wheelchair can conveniently maneuver the wheeled apparatus in conjunction with the operation of the wheelchair.
Claims20
A device for interfacing a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus, the device comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two casters attached to the frame;
- a first pair of ramps pivotably attached to and extending from a first side of the frame;
- and
- a second pair of ramps pivotably attached to and extending from a second side of the frame that is opposite of the first side of the frame,
- wherein each ramp of the first and second pair of ramps defines a recess that can receive and retain a circular wheel.
A method of interfacing a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus, the method comprising:
- engaging front casters of the wheelchair with a first pair of pivotable ramps of an interfacing device such that:
- (i) the front casters reside in recesses defined by the first pair of pivotable ramps and (ii) the first pair of pivotable ramps pivot in relation to a frame of the interfacing device because of force exerted by the front casters against the first pair of pivotable ramps;
- and
- engaging wheels of the wheeled apparatus with a second pair of pivotable ramps of the interfacing device such that:
- (i) the wheels reside in recesses defined by the second pair of pivotable ramps and (ii) the second pair of pivotable ramps pivot in relation to the frame of the interfacing device because of force exerted by the wheels against the second pair of pivotable ramps.
A device for interfacing a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus, the device comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two casters attached to the frame;
- a first pair of ramps pivotably attached to and extending from a first side of the frame;
- and
- a second pair of ramps pivotably attached to and extending from a second side of the frame that is opposite of the first side of the frame,
- wherein one ramp of the first pair of ramps is wider than the other ramp of the first pair of ramps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.