Wheelchair clamp
OwnerHenry J. Dobiesinventor
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Abstract
A wheelchair clamp connects together a pair of wheelchairs situated side by side so that one attendant can move two wheelchair patients at the same time. The clamp member is a U-shaped member or an E-shaped member with end portions that project from the ends of a cross bar. These end portions extend into the tubular handles of the two wheelchairs. A clamp bar is fastened down by a hand wheel with a threaded post that passes through the clamp bar into a central portion of the clamp member. The cross bar can have a rubbery coating to facilitate gripping.
Claims10
Wheelchair clamp device for clamping two wheelchairs together to permit an attendant to move two or more wheelchair patients at a time;
- comprising
- a clamp member including a crossbar, a pair of cad bars extending parallel to one another from the crossbar, and a center bar extending from the crossbar midway between the end bars and generally parallel thereto;
- a clamp bar separate from said clamp member and extending across said end bars of said member;
- and
- hand-tightable means connecting a central portion of said clamp bar with the center bar of said clamp member for permitting the attendant to clamp the clamp bar securely to the end bars of the clamp member when the wheelchair clamp device is in place on said wheelchairs.
In combination, first and second wheelchairs each having tubular handles disposed at an upper rear side of the respective wheelchair, the tubular handles each having a open interior;
- a wheelchair clamp member formed of a crossbar and end bars that extend from first and second ends of the crossbar, said end bars having a diameter smaller than the interiors of said tubular handles of said wheelchairs, with said first end bar entering into the interior of one handle of one of the wheelchairs and the second end bar entering into the interior of one handle of the other of the wheelchairs;
- and
- hand-actuable means for clamping said end members of said clamp member in place in the respective wheelchair handles, for permitting an attendant to clamp the wheelchair clamp member securely to associated handles of said wheelchairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.