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.
Claims17
A device for interfacing a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus, the device comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two casters attached to the frame;
- and
- at least two ramps pivotably attached to the frame,
- wherein each ramp of the at least two ramps defines a recess that can receive and retain a circular wheel,
- wherein each ramp of the at least two ramps includes a planar surface,
- wherein each ramp of the at least two ramps is pivotably attached to the frame along a respective pivot axis, and
- wherein the respective pivot axis of each of the at least two ramps is located between the planar surface and the recess of each of the at least two ramps.
A device for interfacing a wheelchair with another wheeled apparatus, the device comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two casters attached to the frame;
- and
- at least two ramps pivotably attached to the frame,
- wherein one ramp of the at least two ramps is wider than the other ramp of the at least two ramps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.