Wheelchair with safety bumpers
OwnerChristopher M. G. Handagoinventor
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Abstract
A wheelchair is provided with at least one safety bumper which is mounted to the frame of the wheelchair outwardly of one of the wheels. The outer surface of the bumper functions as a cam surface for contacting a door and maintaining the door open while the wheelchair passes through a doorway. The bumper could be adjustable in length and could be detachably mounted to the wheelchair.
Claims22
In a wheelchair having a seat and a rotatable wheel on each side of said seat, the improvement being in that a safety bumper is mounted to said wheelchair outwardly of at least one of said wheels, said bumper extending partially forwardly of said wheel, said bumper being adjustable in said safety bumper overall length, and said bumper having an outer cam surface for contacting a door and maintaining the door open while said wheelchair passes through a doorway and while the user's hand may be placed on said one wheel and be protected against undesired contact by the door.
A safety bumper for attachment to a wheelchair comprising an outer bumper assembly, said outer bumper assembly being adjustable in length, said bumper assembly comprising, a first bumper member having a first portion and a second portion, a connecting member, said first portion being mounted to said connecting member, a mounting member, said connecting member being secured to said mounting member, said mounting member having fastening structure for securing said mounting member to a wheelchair whereby said bumper assembly is adapted to be mounted outwardly of a wheel on the wheel-chair, said second portion being forward of said connecting member and being inclined away from said first portion in a direction toward a footrest of a wheelchair to which said bumper is adapted to be attached, and said outer bumper assembly having an outer surface remote from said connecting member which is non-planar to form a cam surface for contacting an object to protect a user's hand on the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.