Active wheelchair
AssigneeR82 A/S
InventorFlemming Møller
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the art of personal mobility vehicles, particularly vehicles for the physically impaired. Particular application is found in children's wheelchairs which grow and expand with the child. However, it is to be appreciated that the present invention may also be applicable to wheelchairs for adults and may be utilized to custom fit wheelchairs to adults, may enable the chair to be utilized by adults or children of different sizes, or may be applicable to other vehicles.
Claims6
A wheelchair comprising a seat, a back support and a number of wheels, provided with means for adjusting the width of the seat, means for adjusting the width of the back support and means for adjusting the width of the track of the wheels, and further that said means for adjusting the width of the track of the wheels comprises a frame comprising a pair of back apertures, a pair of front apertures, and a central front aperture, where each of the back apertures are adapted for receiving a variable length of a back spacer, each front aperture adapted for receiving a variable length of a front spacer, said back spacer connected to a displacer connected to a back wheel, said displacer comprising an aperture adapted for interlocking a leg member, said leg member being connected to said front spacer, said leg member being connected to a front wheel, said central front aperture being an aperture adapted to interlock a central leg member being connected to a wheel, and where said means for adjusting the width of the seat comprises two support members slidingly arranged in a seat plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.