Wheelchair for a disabled person, particularly a child
AssigneeEstablissements POIRIER
InventorJean-Pierre Lambert
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Abstract
The wheelchair according to the invention comprises a frame (1) provided, on each longitudinal side thereof, with a propelling assembly including an arm (6) carrying a driving wheel (2) and a hand wheel (3) at its ends as well as a transmission means (8-10) connecting the driving wheel (2) to the hand wheel (3). It it characterized in that the propelling assemblies form removable assemblies disposed on the longitudinal sides of the frame (1). The arms (6) of the propelling assemblies are pivotally mounted on supports (7) attached on the longitudinal sides of the frame (1), while locking means (14) are provided to secure them on the supports (7) in any of a plurality of predetermined positions to adjust the position of the hand wheels according to the size of the disabled.
Claims11
A wheelchair for a disabled person, particularly a child, comprising:
- a frame having opposite sides;
- an independent propelling assembly on each of said sides, each said propelling assembly being formed as a unit and including
- an elongated arm pivotally mounted on a support on one of said sides of said frame and rotatably supporting a driving wheel at one end thereof engaging ground and a hand wheel at an opposite end thereof,
- transmission means coupling said driving wheel to said hand wheel for simultaneous rotation,
- adjustment means, coupled to said hand wheel, for varying height of said hand wheel relative to said frame, said driving wheel and the ground, and
- locking means, on each said support and each said arm, for securing each said arm in a plurality of predetermined positions;
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- coupling means for easily attaching each said propelling assembly to and removing each said propelling assembly from said sides of said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.