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US 4,826,193 AGranted
Wheel chair restraint
OwnerRobert J. Davisinventor
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Abstract
A wheel chair restraint that includes a bracket that attaches to the wall of a hospital hallway at a desired height. The bracket includes an envelope with a top opening and a vertical slot for receiving a T-shape latch. The latch is tethered to the wheel chair and can be readily connected or disconnected to the bracket. This satisfies the combined safety requirements of keeping a clear pathway through the hallway while also enabling quick disconnect of the latch for emergency evacuation in a catastrophe situation such as a fire.
Claims2
A wheel chair restraint for restricting the mobility of a wheel chair bound patient, comprising;
- a wheel chair having a frame with opposite side rails positioned behind and on opposite sides of the patient sitting in the wheel chair,
- a single flexible elongated tether attached to said opposite side rails of said wheel chair,
- a bracket assembly including a male component releasably coupled to a female component, said female component being an envelope-shaped receiving member and said male component being a configured lug slidable into and out of the receiving member for coupling and decoupling of the components,
- one of said components attached to the single tether at a position thereon spaced from the attachment thereof to said opposite side rails, and the other of said components attached to a wall whereby the wheel chair bound patient can be backed to the wall-attached component and the tether-attached component can be coupled thereto for restricing movement, and said components being readily decoupled by providing slack in the tether and sliding the components apart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.