Wheel chair transporter
OwnerJohn F. Sweeneyinventor
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Abstract
A wheelchair transporter for transferring a handicapped person, while seated in a wheelchair, from a ground level into an operative position on a motorcycle. The wheelchair is intended for independent use, but is designed to couple with a glide track on the motorcycle. The glide track receives rollers mounted on the wheelchair and guides the wheelchair into operational position on the motorcycle. The motorcycle includes a support unit for stabilization during the transfer of the wheelchair, and in the course of initiating and ending a ride on the motorcycle by a handicapped person seated in the wheelchair, operating the motorcycle.
Claims7
A Wheelchair Transporter device for transferring a person confined to a wheelchair and said wheelchair, from ground level position by means of a glide track onto a motorcycle/scooter two wheeled vehicle, stabilized by means of a support unit, for transportation, in conjunction comprising:
- a two-wheeled vehicle;
- a wheelchair having a frame supported by four (4) wheels, said frame constructed without obstruction beneath a seat area, enabling said wheelchair to straddle said vehicle, and a crossframe supported by said frame, said crossframe containing roller pins, roller supports and rollers, said rollers providing the means for coupling the wheelchair with a glide track;
- a glide track coupled to said vehicle comprised of two elongated metal track-like tubing enclosures containing grooves and running parallel to each other and held apart by cross braces with a loading handle attached to one end of said glide track;
- a support unit attached to said vehicle by a hinging bracket, said support unit having a frame with a tongue and supported by wheels mounted on axles to provide the means for ground stabilization of said vehicle;
- a power unit coupling said support unit and said vehicle for raising said wheels from the ground;
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- said means for coupling said wheelchair, with its occupant, to said glide track, enabling wheelchair, with its occupant to transfer from a ground level onto said vehicle, stabilized by said support unit, for the purpose of transportation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.