CA2246194A1 - Exercise device for attachment of a wheelchair - Google Patents

Exercise device for attachment of a wheelchair Download PDF

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CA2246194A1
CA2246194A1 CA 2246194 CA2246194A CA2246194A1 CA 2246194 A1 CA2246194 A1 CA 2246194A1 CA 2246194 CA2246194 CA 2246194 CA 2246194 A CA2246194 A CA 2246194A CA 2246194 A1 CA2246194 A1 CA 2246194A1
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wheelchair
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James C. Robertson
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/02—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs propelled by the patient or disabled person
    • A61G5/021—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs propelled by the patient or disabled person having particular propulsion mechanisms
    • A61G5/023—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs propelled by the patient or disabled person having particular propulsion mechanisms acting directly on hubs or axis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/02—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs propelled by the patient or disabled person
    • A61G5/024—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs propelled by the patient or disabled person having particular operating means
    • A61G5/026—Cranks or hand wheels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1056—Arrangements for adjusting the seat
    • A61G5/1072—Arrangements for adjusting the seat rotating the whole seat around a vertical axis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/0009—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for handicapped persons
    • A63B2071/0018—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for handicapped persons for wheelchair users

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Abstract

An exercise device for attachment to a wheelchair of the kind having attachment means for removable footrests which include vertically spaced lugs carrying upstanding pintles. The device has a frame front end which supports a head tube and a rear end part extending across the wheelchair. A stem mounted in the head tube has a lower portion carrying a tricycle type wheel with pedals attached, and has an upper extension leading to steering means accessible to an occupant of the wheelchair.
The rear end part of the frame has laterally spaced, rearwardly extending vertically spaced bracket parts each with an aperture suitable for receiving one of the upstanding pintles of the footrest support lugs. After removal of the footrests, the frame can be secured to the upstanding pintles to allow the wheelchair occupant to use the exercise device and to move the wheelchair.

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1. An exercise device for attachment to a wheelchair, the wheelchair being of the kind having attachment means for removable footrests, said attachment means including vertically spaced lugs carrying upstanding pintles engageable in apertures in footrest supports, the device comprising:
a frame having a front end supporting a head tube with a generally upright axis, the frame having a rear end part extending across the wheelchair width;
a stem mounted in said heat tube and having a lower portion carrying a wheel fork and an upper extension leading upwards and rearwards to steering means accessible to an occupant of the wheelchair;
a wheel mounted on an axle carried by said fork so as to be capable of engaging the ground on which the wheelchair rests, pedals accessible by the wheel chair occupant and suitable for rotating said wheel and thereby moving the wheelchair;
characterized in that the rear end part of the frame has laterally spaced, rearwardly extending attachment portions, each such attachment portion having a vertically spaced pair of bracket parts each with an aperture suitable for receiving one of said upstanding pintles of the footrest support lugs, whereby, after removal of the footrests, the attachment portions of the frame can be secured to said upstanding pintles to attach the device to the wheelchair and to allow the wheelchair occupant to use the exercise device and to move the wheelchair.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the rear end part of the frame includes upper and lower brackets each having a main 7~

bridging portion terminating in a pair of said bracket parts.
3. A device according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the frame includes a support tube leading from a central area of the rear end part of the frame and having its front end fixed to the head tube.
4. A device according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of said steering means carries a tray for use by the wheelchair occupant.
CA 2246194 1998-09-01 1998-09-01 Exercise device for attachment of a wheelchair Expired - Lifetime CA2246194C (en)

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2408678A (en) * 2001-06-29 2005-06-08 Ferno Patient transport with attachable wheels

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2408678A (en) * 2001-06-29 2005-06-08 Ferno Patient transport with attachable wheels
GB2408678B (en) * 2001-06-29 2005-11-30 Ferno Patient transport means

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