Access pathway for deployment over uneven terrain surfaces that are resistant to the rolling traction on a wheelchair
OwnerEdwin M. Baranowskiinventor
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Abstract
A pathway for providing the transit of a wheelchair, including a person therein, over an uneven terrain surface that resists the rolling traction of a wheelchair, comprising a longitudinally extended flexible mat-like pathway configured such that the surface of the pathway is relatively porous with respect to the terrain surface, such as by providing therein a plurality of holes, and is capable of receiving thereon, at opposite side sections thereof, the front and side wheels of each side of a wheelchair. The pathways may be interconnected to pod-like landing sites.
Claims20
A pathway enabling transit of a four-wheeled wheelchair along a route over an uneven terrain surface formed from matter that is resistant to the rolling traction of the wheelchair, comprising a pair of longitudinally extended flexible pathways traversing the route, each having a width capable of receiving thereon the front and side wheels at one side of the wheelchair, said paths being essentially parallel to and separated apart from each other a sufficient lateral distance such that the pathways are capable of separately receiving the front and rear side wheels on each opposite side of the wheelchair, said pathways being formed from a material that is relatively porous with respect to matter forming the terrain surface said pathways being further connected and maintained the predetermined distance apart by spacer sections at longitudinal distance intervals along the route.
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