Wheel Chair Docking System

A wheelchair docking system for releasably securing a wheelchair to the floor of a vehicular conveyance, comprising:

• a male docking fixture adapted for secure attachment to one of the wheelchair or the floor, and further. adapted for releasable locking engagement with a female docking fixture;
• a male and a female docking fixture, which when coupled connect the wheelchair to the floor and the floor;
• a male docking fixture being height-adjustable and comprised of an elongated foot with an engagement part having lateral surfaces disposed at an acute angle and merging to form a front edge and further adapted for releasable locking engagement with a female docking fixture in a generally lateral relative sliding motion;
• a female docking fixture, adapted for secure attachment to the other of either the support or the floor, and comprising a docking port with an entry way adapted for releasable locking engagement with the male docking fixture, whereby the female docking fixture and male docking fixture are the only structures securing the wheelchair to the floor of the vehicular conveyance;
• the engagement of the male and female docking fixtures forming a connection that generally restricts the rotational movement of the wheelchair.

A wheelchair docking system for releasably securing a wheelchair to the floor of a vehicular conveyance, comprising:

• a male docking fixture extending from a support, the male docking fixture comprising a threaded shaft adapted for height adjustment relative to the support and a collar carried by the support, the male docking fixture comprising an elongated foot with an engagement part and having a central opening and lateral surfaces disposed at an acute angle which merging to form a front edge, the support and male docking fixture being adapted for secure attachment to the underside of a wheelchair;
• a female docking fixture adapted for secure attachment to the floor of the vehicular conveyance, comprising a docking port with a tapered entry way and a spring loaded latching bolt disposed transverse to the entry way and adapted for releasable locking engagement with the opening in the male docking fixture;
• the male docking fixture adapted for releasable locking engagement with a female docking fixture in a generally lateral relative sliding motion;
• whereby the female docking fixture and male docking fixture are the only structures securing the wheelchair to the floor of the vehicular conveyance, and sides of the tapered entry way form an acute angle that generally matches with the acute angle of the sides of the male docking fixture to achieve a connection that generally restricts the rotational movement of the wheelchair.