Systems, methods, and devices for wheelchair restraint
AssigneeSupernal, LLC
InventorsAlexander Pozzi, Benjamin David Stephens
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Abstract
A wheelchair anchor system for a vehicle, the wheelchair anchor system comprising a support surface configured to support a portion of a wheelchair; a floor mount configured to secure a portion of the wheelchair to a surface of the vehicle; an attachment mechanism for securing a portion of the wheelchair to the floor mount; and a harness configured to secure an occupant of the wheelchair.
Claims19
A wheelchair anchor system for a vehicle, the wheelchair anchor system comprising:
- a support surface configured to support a portion of a wheelchair;
- a floor mount configured to secure a portion of the wheelchair to a surface of the vehicle;
- an attachment mechanism for securing a portion of the wheelchair to the floor mount;
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- a harness configured to secure an occupant of the wheelchair;
- wherein a height of the support surface is adjustable.
A wheelchair anchor system for a vehicle, the wheelchair anchor system comprising:
- a non-wheelchair seat, wherein a portion of the non-wheelchair seat is configured to fold into a recess of a first vehicle surface;
- a floor mount configured to secure a wheelchair to a second vehicle surface;
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- a harness configured to secure an occupant of the wheelchair.
A method of securing a wheelchair to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- stowing a non-wheelchair seat in a vehicle, wherein the stowing produces a substantially vertical surface;
- placing a wheelchair in the vehicle, such that the wheelchair abuts a portion of the non-wheelchair seat, wherein the portion of the non-wheelchair seat corresponds to a bottom seat surface of the non-wheelchair seat;
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- anchoring the wheelchair to a floor of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.