# US 11,896,887 B2 · Cooperation system between a wheelchair and exercisers

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- Number: US 11,896,887 B2
- Document ID: US11896887B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/048,267
- Filed: 2019-04-16
- Published: 2021-04-08
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-18
- Assignees: Evowell Italy S.R.L.
- Applicants: Evowell Italy S.R.L.
- Inventors: Pierluigi Borneti
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896887B2

## CPC

- A63B 71/0009: {for handicapped persons}
- A61G 5/10: Parts, details or accessories
- A61G 3/0808: {Accommodating or securing wheelchairs}
- A63B 21/062: including guide for vertical {or non-vertical weights or} array of weights {to move against gravity forces}
- A63B 21/078: Devices for bench press exercises {, e.g. supports, guiding means}
- A63B 23/1209: {Involving a bending of elbow and shoulder joints simultaneously}
- A63B 2022/0635: {specially adapted for a particular use}
- A63B 2071/0018: {for wheelchair users}
- A63B 2209/08: magnetic
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

A cooperation system between a wheelchair and exercisers, allows both a control of the wheelchair's positioning and a locking thereof in a position for the gym exercise, the whole easily controllable by the user, without external aid, and on this regard it comprises: at least a magnetic hooking plate, fastened with respect to the exerciser with a predetermined spatial correlation; extensible magnetic means aboard a wheelchair, extending therefrom to said at least a hooking plate, by determining a mutual positioning between wheelchair and exerciser, suitable to perform exercises; and means for driving said extensible magnetic means aboard a wheelchair, which can be actuated by the wheelchair's user in seated position from an unlocking position to a locking position and vice versa.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cooperation system between a wheelchair and an exercise machine, comprising:
at least one magnetic hooking plate, fastened with respect to the exerciser with a predetermined spatial correlation;
a magnet and a respective extensible magnetic arm aboard a wheelchair, extending therefrom to said at least one magnetic hooking plate, by determining a mutual positioning between said wheelchair and said exercise machine; and
a control lever aboard said wheelchair, for driving away said magnet, which can be actuated by a wheelchair's user in a seated position from an unlocking position to a locking position and vice versa.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein the exercise machine defines a parking position of the wheelchair, defined by side frame elements surrounding laterally said position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The cooperation system according to claim 2, wherein said at least one magnetic hooking plate comprises horizontal bars, one for each side of said position, fastened to the side elements, with ferromagnetic properties, having respective ends defining a positioning area of the wheelchair.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The cooperation system according to claim 2, wherein said at least one magnetic hooking plate comprises a square-shaped fastening plate, with a front side and a rear side defining a spatial correlation between it and the exerciser, positioned on a floor of said position or fastened to a footboard integral to the exercise machine.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein said magnet is arranged laterally on the wheelchair and extensible laterally with respect thereto.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein said extensible magnetic arm comprises an extensible arm having, on an end thereof faced towards a floor, a magnetic plate adhering to the fastening plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein control lever is positioned so as to be able to be reached by a user on the wheelchair autonomously, by remaining in a seated position.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, said magnet and respective extensible magnetic arm comprise permanent magnets.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein said magnet and respective extensible magnetic arm are electromagnetic, activated by an electric circuit fed by a battery aboard the wheelchair and controlled by a button panel arranged on a side of the wheelchair, in a position accessible by the user.