Steering wheel rotating apparatus for physically handicapped persons
OwnerYoshio Fujimoriinventor
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Abstract
A steering wheel rotating apparatus for physically handicapped persons includes a grip holder having a grip fitting hole and an engaging member projectable from the inside surface of the grip fitting hole. The grip holder is fixed to the steering wheel of an automobile. A rotary grip has a shaft fittable into the grip fitting hole and a grip body part rotatably fitted to the shaft so that a physically handicapped person may operate the steering wheel using the rotary grip. When a non-physically handicapped person is to operate the steering wheel, the rotary grip may be removed so as not to interfere with steering wheel operation.
Claims10
A steering wheel rotating apparatus for physically handicapped persons comprising:
- a grip holder having a grip hole formed therein and means for attaching the grip holder to a steering wheel of an automobile;
- a rotary grip having a shaft with an engaging portion and a grip body part rotatably mounted on the shaft, the shaft being detachably received in the grip hole;
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- an engaging member supported by the grip holder and having a movable portion supported for movement between a first position in which the movable portion projects into the grip hole and engages with the engaging portion of the shaft and prevents the shaft from being removed from the grip hole and a second position in which the movable portion is disengaged from the engaging portion, biasing means biasing the movable portion of the engaging member toward the first position, and an operating portion connected to the movable portion and projecting from the grip holder for moving the movable portion between its first and second positions.
A steering wheel rotating apparatus for physically handicapped persons comprising:
- a grip holder having a grip hole formed therein and means for attaching the grip holder to a steering wheel of an automobile;
- a rotary grip having a shaft with an engaging portion and a grip body part rotatably mounted on the shaft, the shaft being detachably received in the grip hole;
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- an engaging member comprising a rod having an end projecting from the grip holder and a movable portion, the rod being slidably supported by the grip holder for movement between a first position in which the movable portion projects into the grip hole and engages with the engaging portion of the shaft and prevents the shaft from being removed from the grip hole and a second position in which the movable portion is disengaged from the engaging portion, the engaging member comprising a spring biasing the rod toward the first position.
A steering wheel rotating apparatus for physically handicapped persons comprising:
- a rotary grip having a shaft with an engaging portion and a grip body part rotatably mounted on the shaft;
- a grip holder having an inner periphery, an arcuate outer periphery shaped to receive an inner periphery of a steering wheel, first and second opposite outer sides, and a grip hole having a first end formed in the first side and a second end formed in the second side, both ends being shaped to receive the shaft, the shaft being received in the grip hole through one of the ends;
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- an engaging member disposed in the grip holder between the first and second sides and comprising a movable portion supported for movement between a first position in which the movable portion engages the engaging portion of the shaft and prevents the shaft from being removed from the grip hole and a second position in which the movable portion is disengaged from the engaging portion, biasing means for biasing the movable portion towards the first position, and an operating portion connected to the movable portion and projecting from the inner periphery of the grip holder for moving the movable portion between its first and second positions, the movable portion of the engaging member being engageable with the engaging portion of the shaft regardless of on which of the first and second sides of the grip holder the grip body part is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.