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US 2015/0082537 A1Published application
Wheelchair and bed to be combined with the same
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiro Ohta, Shohei Tsukada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Yohei Kume, Tomohiro Shimoda, Hideo Kawakami
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Abstract
A wheelchair includes a first seat portion and a second armrest rotatably fixed to a first support portion of the first seat portion, a first rotation axis of this second armrest is arranged on an imaginary plane perpendicular to a back bottom support surface and parallel to the front and rear direction of the first seat portion so as to make a predetermined angle with respect to the back bottom support surface.
Claims21
1-14. (canceled)
A wheelchair comprising:
- a first seat portion that at least has a first support portion having a back bottom support surface on a surface;
- first and second armrests;
- and
- a third drive unit that forward and backward rotates the second armrest about a first rotation axis, to move the second armrest between a deployed position and a retreated position placed behind the first support portion,
- wherein the first rotation axis is arranged on a plane perpendicular to the back bottom support surface of the first seat portion and parallel to a front and rear direction of the first seat portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.