Wheelchair legrest assembly
AssigneePermobil AB
InventorsBo Engman, Urban Lind, Niklas Backstrom, Jonas Jahkel, Mehdi Mirzaie
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Abstract
A powered wheelchair includes a seat assembly configured to support an individual, a curved legrest assembly pivotally connected to the seat assembly, and an adjustment assembly including an actuator operatively connected to the central column through a piston slidably secured within a sleeve. The adjustment assembly is secured underneath the seat assembly. The powered wheelchair may also include an extension bracket that allows legrests and a central column of the curved legrest assembly to be separately and independently adjusted with respect to one another.
Claims6
A wheelchair comprising:
- a seat assembly configured to support an individual;
- a curved legrest assembly pivotally connected to said seat assembly;
- an adjustment assembly secured underneath said seat assembly, wherein said adjustment assembly is configured to adjust said curved legrest assembly through a range of motion;
- wherein said legrest assembly includes a curved central column secured to curved legrest beams and said curved central column is adjustably secured to said curved legrest beams through an extension bracket that allows for each of said curved central column and said curved legrest beams to be independently adjusted with respect to one another;
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- wherein said extension bracket comprises a central channel and two lateral channels, wherein said curved legrest beams are adjustably secured within said lateral channels, and wherein said central column is adjustably secured within said central channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.