Lateral Support Assembly
AssigneeAdaptive Engineering Lab, Inc.
InventorRonald S. Bucher
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Abstract
A lateral support assembly for attachment to a wheelchair includes a mounting portion for attachment to the wheelchair, a pad support portion for attachment to a pad, and a link sub-assembly including one or more links that connect the mounting portion to the pad support portion. The mounting portion includes an attachment part, a hinged part, and a sliding part. The attachment part is adapted to be affixed to the wheelchair and the hinged part is connected to the attachment part and is selectively pivotable about a first rotational axis. The pad support portion includes a pad bracket coupled to a secondary housing in which the pad bracket is selectively pivotable about a second rotational axis. The sliding part is connected to the hinged part and is selectively extendable forward.
Claims19
A lateral support assembly for attachment to a wheelchair, the lateral support assembly comprising:
- a mounting portion for attachment to the wheelchair, the mounting portion including an attachment part adapted to be affixed to the wheelchair, a hinged part connected to the attachment part and selectively pivotable about a first rotational axis, and a sliding part connected to the hinged part in which the sliding part is selectively extendable relative to the hinged part to forwardly extend a first distal connection end of the sliding part away from the attachment part;
- a pad support portion for attachment to a pad, the pad support portion including a pad bracket coupled to a secondary housing that has a second distal connection end, wherein the pad bracket is selectively pivotable about a second rotational axis;
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- a link sub-assembly comprising at least one link connecting the first distal connection end of the sliding part of the mounting portion to the second distal connection end of the pad support portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.