Leg support for a wheelchair

In a wheelchair having a seat and front frame, the improvement comprising the provision of a leg support therefor, said support having a vertical supporting tube, which is detachably mountable on said front frame of said wheelchair, the upper end of said supporting tube having a horizontal arm mounted thereon, which arm extends in the direction of travel and on which arm a leg support carrier, supporting a foot-plate and a calf-plate, is pivotably mounted by means of its upper end, wherein the leg support carrier is formed by an external telescopic tube and an internal telescopic tube inserted into the external telescopic tube, both tubes being pivotably mounted on the arm about their own respective swivel axles, wherein the supporting tube and the leg support carrier are additionally connected by an arresting device which enables the leg support carrier to pivot upwardly, but prevents it from pivoting downwardly, wherein the arresting device comprises an actuating lever which, after actuation, permits the leg support carrier to pivot downwardly, and wherein the actuating lever and a housing of the arresting device are mounted, with a common axis, on the supporting tube, whereby a push-rod, hinged to the internal telescopic tube, can be clamped securely within the housing and can be released when the lever is actuated.

In a wheelchair, the combination of supporting means carried by the wheelchair, an arm fixed to the supporting means and extending forwardly therefrom, a leg support means including a pair of members telescopically arranged with respect to each other, means pivotably mounting one of the telescopic members to an intermediate portion of the arm, lever means having respective ends, means pivotably mounting one of the ends of the lever means to the forwardly-extending portion of the arm, and means pivotably mounting the other end of the lever means to the other telescopic member, further including arresting means arranged between the supporting means and the leg support means, the arresting means enabling upward pivoting movement of the leg support means, but precluding downward pivoting movement thereof, and an actuating lever to release the arresting means and allow downward pivoting movement of the leg support means.