Wheelchair basket
OwnerStacey Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
An accessory basket for attachment to a wheelchair comprising: a sturdy basket, a pivotal extending rail, wheelchair connecting means, and a catch mechanism. Two wheelchair-connecting members are provided; one having a hinge pivot assembly and the other a catch mechanism. The outer telescopic rail is adapted with a strike, mating with a catch adapted to the wheelchair-connecting member, while the inner telescopic rail is adapted with an upper hinge portion mating with a lower hinge portion adapted to an opposing wheelchair-connecting member. A catch release disengages the strike to allow the rail and basket assembly to be rotated on a vertical axis toward the side of said wheelchair, and the basket can thus be extended toward the front of said chair, making access to said basket easy and convenient.
Claims13
A wheelchair basket comprising:
- i. a wheelchair-connecting member having:
- i. primary and secondary universal inserts, which adapt to various wheelchair models,
- ii. a primary end fixedly attached to a primary universal insert-receiving member and having a hinge pivot distal to said primary insert-receiving member, and
- iii. a secondary end fixedly attached to a secondary universal insert-receiving member and having a catch assembly distal to said secondary insert-receiving member,
- ii. a telescopic tube assembly having:
- i. an outer tube,
- ii. an inner tube having outer dimensions slightly lesser than the inner dimensions of the outer tuber,
- iii. extension limiting means,
- iv. a hinge pivot fixedly attached to the exposed end of the inner tube, and
- v. a basket mount fixedly attached to a top central area of the outer tube,
- iii. a catch and latch assembly having:
- i. a catch fixedly attached to a secondary wheelchair-connecting member,
- ii. a latch fixedly attached to an end of the outer tube distal to the hinge pivot portion and in mating alignment with the catch,
- iv. a basket portion having:
- i. a bottom, two sides, a front and a rear,
- ii. one or more drain perforation, and
- iii. a removable cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.