Handicapped person control apparatus
OwnerArmon J. Benderinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus arranged for mounting to a wheel chair and the like for utilization by handicapped individuals to include a support frame mounted to an arm of the wheel chair structure or adjacent support rod, with the support frame including a rear plate and forward plate mounting securement members for fastening to the support rod. A clamp housing mounts a remote control device, such as for utilization with electronic equipment such as televisions and the like, with a sheath directed through a forward wall of the clamp housing, with the sheath including a flexible rod directed therethrough, wherein the flexible rod is reciprocated by use of a push-button member to direct the flexible rod against a control button of the associated remote control apparatus.
Claims4
A control apparatus for use by handicapped individuals for manipulation of a remote control member, including at least one remote control button, wherein the apparatus comprises,
- a longitudinally aligned support frame, the support frame including a rear plate spaced from and parallel a forward plate, the rear plate including at least one rear securement rod, and the forward plate including at least one forward securement rod, and
- a forward securement member securable to the securement rod and a rear securement member securable to the rear securement rod, wherein a rear fastener securable to the rear securement rod to secure the rear securement member thereto, and a forward securement fastener securable to the forward securement rod to secure the forward securement member thereto, and
- clamp housing mounted to a forward distal end of the support frame, wherein the clamp housing includes a parallelepiped cavity, wherein the parallelepiped cavity is orthogonally oriented relative to the support frame, and a rear distal end of the support frame mounts a button support plate, and
- a flexible sheath, including a sheath rear terminal end, wherein the sheath rear terminal end is fixedly mounted and directed through the button support plate, and a sheath forward terminal end is fixedly secured to the clamp housing, and a flexible rod reciprocatably mounted within the sheath, the flexible rod extending into the parallelepiped cavity at a forward end of the flexible rod, and a rear end of the flexible rod directed through the button support plate, and
- button means mounted on the button support plate, the button support means receiving the flexible rod and arranged for effecting selective reciprocation of the flexible rod within the flexible sheath, wherein the remote control member is arranged for securement within the parallelepiped cavity, with the forward end of the flexible rod arranged adjacent the remote control button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.