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US 7,404,505 B2Granted
Driver accessible wheelchair carrier
AssigneeWilliam P. Walther
InventorWilliam Paul Walther
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Abstract
An enclosed carrier for a folded wheelchair, mounted on the outside side of an automobile, behind and adjacent to the driver's door, so that a wheelchair user can shift himself from his wheelchair to the driver's seat, then fold and store his own wheelchair, thus maintaining an economical independence.
Claims4
A carrier for a folded wheelchair, said carrier attached to a side of an automobile outside of its passenger compartment adjacent to and behind the driver's door, and accessible to an automobile driver from his or her driver's seat, comprising:
- a. a multi-sided compartment designed, sized and constructed so as to entirely house at least a conventional wheelchair in a folded position with one rear wheel removed, the two rear chair wheels, when stored in said compartment, residing one in front of the other;
- b. said compartment attached to the automobile by means of at a least a pair of cantilevered beam elements, the first said beam element providing a pivoting attachment point and the second said beam element providing a selective attachment point, such that by disengaging said second beam element from said compartment, the compartment can be rotated upwardly and forwardly on said first beam element;
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- c. said compartment having a door that is selectively openable and closeable through which said wheelchair can be loaded into or unloaded out of said compartment.
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