Wheelchair footrest assembly
AssigneeGunnell, Inc.
InventorsDwight S. Gay, John W. Hoornstra
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Abstract
A footrest assembly removably and pivotally connected to a wheelchair seat frame has a foot support rockable about two mutually normal axes to enable the elevation of the foot support to be adjusted and the foot support to swing between a normal position forwardly of the seat to an adjusted position to one side of the seat and facilitate movements of a person to and from the seat. The footrest also is bodily removable from the wheelchair seat frame.
Claims21
Apparatus for mounting a footrest on an incapacitated person's support having a main frame and a seat frame movably mounted on said main frame, said apparatus comprising a footrest;
- a compound pivot structure;
- first coupling means coupling said footrest to said structure for pivotal adjustments of said footrest relative to said seat frame about a first axis;
- and second coupling means coupling said footrest to said seat frame for conjoint movement therewith and for pivotal movements of said footrest relative to said seat frame about a second axis substantially normal to said first axis.
An incapacitated person's chair comprising a main frame;
- a seat frame movably mounted on said main frame;
- a footrest;
- and means mounting said footrest on said seat frame for conjoint movement therewith and for movement relative to said seat frame between a first position in which said footrest extends forwardly of said seat frame and a second position in which said footrest extends laterally of said seat frame, said mounting means also mounting said footrest on said seat frame for adjustments about a substantially horizontal axis.
A wheeled chair having a main frame;
- a seat frame movably mounted on said seat frame;
- a footrest;
- a pivot structure comprising first and second members rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis;
- means coupling said footrest to one of said members for enabling said footrest to occupy a first position forwardly of said seat frame and have its elevation adjusted;
- means for releasably clamping said members in a selected position of rotary adjustment;
- means rotatably coupling the other of said members to said seat frame for rotation about a substantially vertical axis to enable said footrest to be rocked laterally from said first position to a second position at one side of said seat frame;
- and separable latch means reacting between said other member and said seat frame for selectively enabling and preventing movement of said footrest from said first position to said second position, the coupling of said other of said members to said seat frame enabling said footrest to move conjointly with and relative to said seat frame.
An incapacitated person's chair comprising a frame;
- a footrest having opposite ends;
- mounting means carried by said frame;
- separable coupling means separably coupling one end of said footrest to said mounting means for rocking movements of said footrest about substantially vertical and horizontal axes for respectively enabling said footrest to move between a first position in which said footrest projects forwardly of said frame and a second position in which said footrest projects to one side of said frame and the other end of said footrest to be moved between vertically adjusted positions;
- releasable clamp means acting on said coupling means for maintaining said other end of said footrest in a selected position of vertical adjustment;
- latch means reacting between said coupling means and said frame for selectively enabling and disabling rocking movements of said footrest about said substantially vertical axis;
- and releasable keeper means reacting between said coupling means and said frame for disabling separation of said coupling means and said footrest from said frame when said footrest is in said first position.
An incapacitated person's chair comprising a main frame;
- a seat frame carried by said main frame;
- a footrest;
- means mounting said footrest on said seat frame for movement between a first position in which said footrest extends forwardly of said seat frame and a second position in which said footrest extends laterally of said seat frame;
- and releasable keeper means for preventing inadvertent disconnection of said footrest from said seat frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.