US 12,653,735 B1Granted

Wheelchair maneuver assist device

OwnerEric Snyderinventor

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Abstract

A wheelchair maneuver assist device capable of attaching to a pair of handle grips to assist a caregiver or patient in maneuvering a wheelchair. The device includes a housing assembly and a strap assembly positioned within the housing assembly. The housing assembly further includes a lateral housing and a medial housing for partially protecting the strap assembly and providing rigidity to the device. The strap assembly further includes a lateral strap with at least one connector located at two distal ends and a medial strap having a handle located at the distal end. The connector is configured to span and attach to the pair of handle grips and the handle is configured to be grasped or connected to the caregiver or patient to enable the wheelchair to be pulled forward while the patient and/or caregiver is positioned in front of the wheelchair.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A wheelchair maneuver assist device (10) for assisting a caregiver (46) in maneuvering a wheelchair (1) behind a patient (47), the wheelchair maneuver assist device (10) comprising:

a housing assembly (11) including a lateral housing (13) having two distal ends (20), and a medial housing (14) having a proximal end (54) configured to join the lateral housing (13) forming a T-shaped conduit;
a strap assembly (12) including a lateral strap (17) having two distal ends (19) and a medial strap (18) having a proximal end (29) connected to the lateral strap (17) and a distal end (23) located opposite the proximal end (29);
at least two connectors (21) located at the distal ends (19) of the lateral strap (17) and configured to facilitate the connection of the lateral strap (17) between a pair of handle grips (4) of the wheelchair (1);
and
a handle (25) located at the distal end (23) of the medial strap (18) to facilitate the grasping and pulling of the medial strap (18),
wherein the lateral strap (17) includes an elastic lateral segment (34) and a non-elastic lateral segment (35), and wherein the distance between the distal ends (19 of the lateral strap (17) when the elastic lateral segment (34) is not stretched defines a lateral strap length (22).

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A wheelchair maneuver assist device (10) for assisting a caregiver (46) maneuvering a wheelchair (1) behind a patient (47), the wheelchair maneuver assist device (10) comprising:

a strap assembly (12) including a lateral strap (17) defining a lateral strap length (22) and a medial strap (18) defining a medial strap length (26), the lateral strap (17) and medial strap (18) are connected together to form a T-shaped strap assembly (12);
a housing assembly (11) including a hollow, three-way, T-shaped, housing link (39) configured to receive two lateral housing pipes (13) in series, together defining a lateral housing length (15), and one medial housing pipe (14) defining a medial housing length (16) to form a T-shaped housing assembly (11) configured to receive the T-shaped strap assembly (12) to partially protect the strap assembly (12) from wear and tear,
wherein either the lateral strap (17) includes an elastic lateral segment (34), and the medial strap (18) includes an elastic medial segment (36), or the lateral strap (17) includes the elastic medial segment (36) and the medial strap (18) includes the elastic lateral segment (34);
wherein the lateral strap length (22) is longer than the lateral housing length (13), and
wherein the medial strap length (26) is longer than the medial housing length (16).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.