Meal-serving stock shelf-equipped wheelchair
AssigneeProtech SPA
InventorMasahiro Kato
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Abstract
There is provided a meal-serving stock shelf-equipped wheelchair, with which the wheelchair user can efficiently perform meal-serving work when charged with the work, and in which the stock shelf is capable of being folded in a compact manner after the meal serving. The meal-serving motorized wheelchair includes: a wheelchair meal-serving table that is attached via a frame; and a meal-serving stock shelf that is engaged with an engaging plate via an engaging portion. The meal-serving stock shelf is structured by a raising and lowering mechanism powered by a motor and a dish tray storage section. The dish tray storage section stores dish trays of at least two levels disposed at a predetermined interval. The stock shelf can be folded in a compact manner when not in use.
Claims7
A meal-serving motorized wheelchair comprising:
- a meal-serving table that is attached via a frame;
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- a meal-serving stock shelf that is engaged with an engaging plate via an engaging portion, the engaging plate being joined to a side frame of the motorized wheelchair, wherein
- the meal-serving stock shelf is structured by a raising and lowering mechanism powered by a motor and a dish tray storage section,
- the dish tray storage section stores dish trays of at least two levels disposed at a predetermined interval, and
- the raising and lowering mechanism raises and lowers the dish trays by being actuated by a belt and a pulley transferring power of the motor.
A wheelchair comprising:
- a chair having a seat portion and a back portion, the chair adapted to support a person;
- a set of wheels to permit movement of the wheelchair;
- a meal-serving table that is accessible to the person sitting in the chair;
- a meal-serving stock shelf that is adapted to support food items and includes a raising and lowering mechanism and a dish tray storage section, wherein
- the raising and lowering mechanism raises or lowers the dishes or trays as selected by the person seated in the chair, and
- the dish tray storage section is adapted to hold dishes or trays and includes at least two levels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.