Motorized wheelchair for improved mobility
OwnerJoseph Paul Batriceinventor
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Abstract
A wheelchair assembly that enables an occupant to rotate their self from the seating position to the prone or kneeling prone position so that the occupant may use their arms to better reach and grasp without the aid of another person.
Claims19
A wheelchair assembly that enables an occupant to rotate their self from the seated position to the kneeling prone position so that the occupant may use their arms to better reach and grasp without the aid of another person, the wheelchair comprising:
- a) a mobile base having a frame with front and rear ends;
- b) a pair of front wheels connected to the front of the frame and a pair of back wheels connected to the back of the frame;
- c) a seat assembly connected to the back end of the frame, said seat assembly being capable of adjustment at least upward or downward
- d) a complete occupant support assembly including at least one leg support and at least one chest support and configurable between at least:
- a first configuration in which the leg support is generally upright and perpendicular to the seat and chest support;
- and
- a second configuration in which the leg support is rotated forward and is generally parallel to the seat and chest support;
- e) at least one armrest alongside the seat and capable of adjustment at least upward or downward;
- f) a rotating assembly that can rotate the leg support between at least the first configuration and the second configuration wherein the occupant is rotated from the seated position into the kneeling prone position.
The wheelchair of claim I wherein said wheelchair has a battery for supplying electrical energy to said electric motor.
A wheelchair assembly that enables an occupant to rotate their self from the seated position to the kneeling prone position so that the occupant may use their arms to better reach and grasp without the aid of another person, the wheelchair comprising:
- a) a mobile base having a frame with front and rear ends;
- b) a pair of front wheels connected to the front of the frame and a pair of back wheels connected to the back of the frame;
- c) a seat assembly connected to the back end of the frame, said seat assembly being capable of adjustment upward or downward
- d) a complete occupant support assembly including at least one leg support and at least one chest support and configurable between at least:
- a first configuration in which the leg support is generally upright and perpendicular to the seat and chest support;
- and
- a second configuration in which the leg support is rotated forward and is generally parallel to the seat and chest support;
- e) at least one armrest alongside the seat and capable of adjustment at least upward or downward;
- f) a lifting assembly that can rotate the leg support between at least the first configuration and the second configuration wherein the occupant is rotated from the seated position into the kneeling prone position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.