Knee support assembly for a wheelchair
AssigneePermobil AB
InventorsNiklas Ytterström, Duane Niemeyer, Howard Winn, Craig Culver
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Abstract
A knee support assembly for a wheelchair includes a knee support configured to be mounted to the wheelchair, the knee support including a flexible harness connected to and pivotably suspended between a first harness holder and a second harness holder, wherein the flexible harness includes a first strap, a second strap, and a substrate, the first strap is selectively fastened to the substrate, and the second strap is selectively fastened to the substrate, the first strap and the second strap each being configure to slide relative to substrate.
Claims20
A knee support assembly for a wheelchair, comprising:
- a knee support configured to be mounted to the wheelchair, the knee support including:
- a flexible harness connected to and pivotably suspended between a first harness holder and a second harness holder, the flexible harness includes;
- a first strap, a second strap, and a substrate, the first strap is selectively fastened to the substrate, and the second strap is selectively fastened to the substrate, the first strap and the second strap each being configured to slide relative to the substrate;
- a tension adjustment member coupled to the first strap;
- a third strap coupled to the first strap and the second strap;
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- a cable extending from the tension adjustment member to engage the third strap.
A knee support assembly for a wheelchair, comprising:
- a knee support configured to be mounted to the wheelchair, the knee support including:
- a flexible harness connected to and pivotably suspended between a first harness holder and a second harness holder,
- a base bracket assembly configured to be mounted to the wheelchair,
- the first harness holder having a lower portion connected to the base bracket assembly at a first lateral side of the base bracket assembly, and
- the second harness holder having a lower portion connected to the base bracket assembly at a second lateral side of the base bracket assembly,
- wherein the flexible harness includes a first strap, a tension adjustment member, and a substrate, the first strap is selectively fastened to the substrate, and the tension adjustment member is selectively fastened to the substrate, the first strap being configured to slide relative to the substrate in response to actuation of the tension adjustment member.
A knee support assembly for a wheelchair, comprising:
- a knee support including:
- a flexible harness connected to and extending between a first harness holder and a second harness holder, wherein the flexible harness is arranged to provide knee support,
- wherein the flexible harness includes a first strap and a second strap, each fastened to a substrate, a tension adjustment member coupled to the first strap, a third strap coupled to the first strap and the second strap, a sled member in engagement with the third strap, and a cable extending from the tension adjustment member and received by an aperture defined by the sled member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.