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US 5,769,440 AGranted
Wheelchair with mobile accessory
AssigneeSt. Joseph's Hospital, Inc.
InventorCardell I. Jones
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Abstract
A wheelchair (20) is detachably coupled with a mobile accessory (10), by a hitch (30). The hitch (30) includes a J-bar (31) and bracket assemblies (33). The J-bar (31) may be pivoted between operational and stowed positions on the wheelchair (20).
Claims2
A wheelchair and mobile accessory combination comprising:
- a wheelchair having a frame, said frame having a forward portion and a rear portion that includes a transverse member comprised of two telescopically mounted tubes, at least one front wheel pivotally mounted to said frame forward portion, two rear wheels mounted to said frame rear portion straddling said transverse member, and a seat mounted to said frame;
- a mobile accessory having a frame that includes an upright member and a plurality of wheels mounted to said mobile accessory frame;
- and means for detachably hitching said mobile accessory to said wheelchair in a wheelchair trailing position that comprises two bars, forward clamp means for clamping a forward portion of one of said bars to one of said tubes in a plurality of bar orientations and with the other bar clamped by another of said forward clamp means to the other of said tubes in a plurality of bar orientations, and rear clamping means for detachably clamping said mobile accessory to rear portions of said bars.
A wheelchair and mobile accessory combination comprising:
- a wheelchair having a frame, said frame having a forward portion and a rear portion that includes a transverse member, at least one front wheel pivotally mounted to said frame forward portion, two rear wheels mounted to said frame rear portion straddling said transverse member, and a seat mounted to said frame;
- a mobile accessory having a frame that includes an upright member and a plurality of wheels mounted to said mobile accessory frame;
- means for detachably hitching said mobile accessory to said wheelchair in a wheelchair trailing position that comprises at least one bar having a length, forward clamp means for clamping a forward portion of said at least one bar to said wheelchair frame transverse member in a plurality of bar orientations and rear clamping means for detachably clamping said mobile accessory to a rear portion of said at least one bar;
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- at least one handle extension of a length greater than said bar length adapted to be mounted to said wheelchair frame over said hitching means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.