EP0887064A2 - Fauteuil roulant avec support de roue avant, fauteuil roulant avec assise réglable en inclinaison, fauteuil roulant avec inlinaison réglable des axes de roue arrière, siège modulaire pour fauteuil roulant, utilisation de ce siège modulaire et utilisation de ce fauteuil roulant - Google Patents

Fauteuil roulant avec support de roue avant, fauteuil roulant avec assise réglable en inclinaison, fauteuil roulant avec inlinaison réglable des axes de roue arrière, siège modulaire pour fauteuil roulant, utilisation de ce siège modulaire et utilisation de ce fauteuil roulant Download PDF

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EP0887064A2
EP0887064A2 EP98111281A EP98111281A EP0887064A2 EP 0887064 A2 EP0887064 A2 EP 0887064A2 EP 98111281 A EP98111281 A EP 98111281A EP 98111281 A EP98111281 A EP 98111281A EP 0887064 A2 EP0887064 A2 EP 0887064A2
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Rainer Küschall
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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
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    • 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
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    • A61G5/1091—Cushions, seats or abduction devices
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    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1097—Camber- or toe-adjusting means for the drive 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
    • A61G5/12—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet
    • A61G5/128—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for feet
    • 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
    • A61G5/1059—Arrangements for adjusting the seat adjusting the height of the seat
    • 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
    • A61G5/107—Arrangements for adjusting the seat positioning the whole seat forward or rearward

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  • the present invention relates to a wheelchair with a front wheel carrier according to the preamble of claim 1 , a wheelchair with an adjustable inclined seat according to the preamble of claim 6 , a wheelchair with variable inclined rear wheel axles according to the preamble of claim 9 , a seat module for a wheelchair according to the preamble of claim 10 , a use of the seat module according to the preamble of claim 19 and a use of the wheelchair according to the preamble of claim 21 .
  • a tricycle sports wheelchair from Sopur with a frame which has a rear axle tube connecting the axles of the rear wheels, from which a central, approximately horizontal side member extends forward.
  • Side members are two plates in front as a footrest and in front of the footrest, that is foremost on the side member, the front wheel arranged.
  • Lateral, longitudinally extending seat tubes are on this cross member appropriate.
  • the disadvantage of this wheelchair is its partially lack of lateral stability, which is due to the specific frame construction.
  • Another tricycle sports wheelchair from Off.Carr namely the Top Spin model
  • the frame stability slightly better, as it instead of diagonally backwards upwards directed side member of the wheelchair described above two from the attachment point of the front wheel, directed obliquely backwards upwards and outwards, has a V-forming carrier, the free ends of which are bent below the seat are and form obliquely rearward and downward side members which a seat is installed. Additional struts connect the side rails with the central, horizontal side member and with the axle tube, and this too additional struts are connected.
  • the frame of this wheelchair is as already mentioned, a little more stable than the frame of the former wheelchair, but has the disadvantage of a very complicated, complex construction.
  • the inclination of the seat should be adjustable.
  • Various wheelchairs are known, in which the inclination of the seat is adjusted leaves, however, they have the disadvantage that adjustments of the seat are not independent can be performed by other elements. So it requires a change the inclination of the seat in general the reassembly of certain other parts of the wheelchair.
  • a bike is a device with a front wheel, a drive and a steering.
  • the wheelchair is attached to the bike and forms together with the bike a motor-driven unit.
  • This unit runs on three Wheels, namely the wheel of the bike, which forms a driving wheel arranged at the front, and the rear racks of the wheelchair, which form rear wheels.
  • This arrangement is weighty Disadvantage, namely the tendency of the wheelchair and thus the unit, to tip backwards.
  • the wheelchair with front wheel carrier according to the invention has a very simple U-like, but three-dimensional integral support with free ends are connected to the axle tube, creating a closed and therefore very stable frame arises.
  • the U-like integral support is shaped so that the middle leg of the U is a Cross member is which is the front wheel carrier for attaching the front wheel device forms the adjoining parts of the lateral legs of the U approximately vertically and are directed approximately parallel to the longitudinal median plane of the wheelchair, and the ends of the free Form legs of the U side member or at least approximately parallel to the direction of travel are arranged. Because of this frame construction, which develops a spring effect the driving behavior of the new wheelchair very comfortable and light, so that it is the user gives the feeling of being able to overcome uneven terrain almost on the fly.
  • a front wheel device used with a single, central front wheel.
  • the fourth wheel with the bracket of the fork is saved, which is advantageous in terms of weight and cost.
  • the front wheel device Especially for wheelchairs in which the front wheel device only has a single front wheel or two front wheels mounted very close to each other, is the footprint of the wheelchair in principle less than with a conventional wheelchair with side-mounted Front wheels.
  • the front wheel In order to have the largest possible footprint and therefore one To maintain high stability, it is advantageous to arrange the front wheel so that it forms the front part of the wheelchair.
  • the front wheel attachment not at the bottom or at the rear but at the front of the front wheel carrier.
  • the arrangement of the front wheel attachment on the front of the front wheel carrier helps one another advantage.
  • the space behind the front wheel carrier is free and offers space for one continuous, comfortable, not divided by a longitudinal front wheel carrier Footrest.
  • Arrangement in front of the footrest also protects the front wheel carrier Footrest or for the user's feet resting on the footrest; this works turns out to be beneficial since most users have no nerves due to their infirmity and thus have no sensitivity to pain in the foot and leg area, so that no warning Pain occurs before major injuries that occur when the feet are struck the forward movement of the wheelchair can occur.
  • the position of the footrest is preferably selectable, both with respect to it Distance from the front wheel carrier as well as their height and their Angle of inclination.
  • the footrest can be attached to foot braces attached to the Inclined beams are mounted and their dimensions and mounting height the distance of the Determine the footrest of the cross member and the height of the footrest.
  • foot struts with different dimensions always the same foot braces are installed at different heights.
  • the angle of inclination of the footrest can be tubular, for example trained and be bent down to the wheelchair longitudinal axis; these ends are between two legs of a Briden driven, which can be clamped together by means of screws are.
  • Footrest may be provided.
  • the wheelchair has a braking device acting on the rear wheels, which preferably consist of two brake units that are basically the same and that have the same design and are mounted mirror-symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the wheelchair on the seat supports.
  • a seat of the wheelchair is attached to the side members of the integral support of the wheelchair.
  • the side members can do more or less be inclined.
  • the wheelchair has longitudinal members directed downwards to the rear on.
  • the seat side members are attached to these inclined side members so that they are pivotable at the front about a point of the side members and an adjustable one at the back Have a distance from the side members.
  • a seat stay device arranged; this has two seat stays, each of which can be pivoted at a pivot point is attached to one of the seat side members and in a selectable effective seat stay length is attached to the side member of the integral member.
  • the side member, the seat side member and the seat stay are each a triangle in a vertical plane.
  • the maximum backward tilt that the seat can take is through determines the inclination of the longitudinal beams of the integral beam, and the maximum inclination after
  • the length at the front of the seat, which the seat can hold, is determined by the length of the seat stays.
  • the seat side members can be attached to two individual side members of the wheelchair frame be attached; However, it is particularly advantageous to mount them on two longitudinal beams of an integral beam to assemble a wheelchair as described above.
  • the bearings for the rear wheels are located in the rear wheel hub and are designed so that the rear wheels are mounted in a known manner with thru axles in angle adapter sleeves and are therefore easy to disassemble.
  • the angle adapter sleeves for the axles of the rear wheels which are in the are generally designed as thru axles, transverse to the direction of travel and laterally slightly directed upwards so that the wheels, as is usual with wheelchairs, under a certain camber are arranged.
  • this can Axle tube with the angle adapter sleeves attached in it, are rotated until it is the one Assumes the position in which the angle adapter sleeves are correctly aligned, its correct position occupies; for this purpose a spirit level can be installed on the axle tube.
  • the inclination of the rear axles is adjustable so that the angle Camber can be changed.
  • This camber depends on the one hand on the dimensions of the wheelchair and on the other hand according to the intended use of the wheelchair.
  • angle-fixed angle adapter sleeves that are in the axle tube is pressed in and the angle adapter sleeves for the axles of the rear wheels included, to be replaced in pairs.
  • the seating module according to the invention comprises the actual seat and one on the seat and back only indirectly attached to the frame of the wheelchair.
  • the seat has two Seat side rails on which can be attached to the frame of the wheelchair and between them the seat extends.
  • the seat side members are preferably by at least one to increase stability Seat cross member connected, and in a particularly suitable embodiment form the Seat longitudinal member and a rear seat cross member a U-shaped seat frame, the one arched downwards by another provided in its front area Seat reinforcement beam can be reinforced.
  • the seat cross members exist in so-called folding wheelchairs, in which they fold up A reduction in the wheelchair width results from two partial seat cross members that are articulated are interconnected and collapsible, but in an operational state of the wheelchair are fixed in a linear alignment. With such wheelchairs the actual seat must also be designed so that it folds up of the wheelchair allowed.
  • the seat cross members of rigid wheelchairs are rigid.
  • the new seat module includes the seat just described as well a back that is attached to the seat without directly connecting to the frame of the wheelchair to be connected.
  • the back has two side, mostly tubular back supports, the lower ends are attached to the rear area of the seat side members via angle plates; A certain adjustability can be achieved by attaching the angle plates different holes, be it in the angle plates and / or in the seat side members and / or be provided in the back supports.
  • the angle plates are fastened so that they are around their two fastening axes can rotate on the seat side member and on the back support.
  • Fixing plates are provided, which are firmly attached to the seat side members and the slit-shaped Breakthroughs contain, through which pins of the back supports protrude.
  • the fixing plates If the back is not folded onto the seat, form angle braces between the seat rails and the back supports.
  • the breakthroughs point to their rear Ends transversely to them and with the back not turned upward locking openings for the cones on.
  • the slightly elastic fixing plates are at their rear ends connected by a cord.
  • the fixing plates can also be used to fasten clothing protection plates on the side be that can be screwed to the fixing plates, or to attach a Splash guard.
  • the wheel splash guard is preferably designed such that it is attached to its a slightly resilient surface facing away from the user, in different positions has mountable wheel guard, so that the wheel splash guard is tool-free on the fixing plate or, if necessary, can be plugged onto the clothing protection plate, so that in the assembled state the fixing plate or the clothing protection plate between the actual splash protection part and the wheel guard is jammed.
  • the two side back supports are preferably bent out to the rear Cross member connected. This can also act as a handle for pushing the wheelchair serve by a third party and facilitate the exercise of the drawstring just mentioned, when the crossbar and the cord are gripped with the same hand to pull the latter up.
  • Push handles are attached, which are preferably adjustable in height.
  • a rigid material or a Tissue section can be provided.
  • a rigid material or a Tissue section can be provided.
  • the back can also be equipped with a back cushion be.
  • a back cushion preferably has two contiguous, front and back cushion parts resting on the connection of the back supports on and is put over the connection of the back support from above.
  • a textile back cushion flap can be attached to the front part of the back cushion be between the fabric of the seat and the seat cushion.
  • the back cushion can also have a pocket on its rear part.
  • the new seat module When the new seat module is used according to the invention, this is with its Seat side rails mounted on a frame of a wheelchair.
  • the seat module is attached to side members of the frame, and particularly It is advantageous to use the new seat module in a wheelchair according to the invention with an integral support as described above.
  • the new seat module can have a seat stay device, such as it with reference to the wheelchair according to the invention with an adjustable inclined seat has been described above.
  • the invention proposes the rear wheels and their attachment so that the rear wheels between a front position in which you can use the wheelchair without a bike and a rear position in which the wheelchair is less at risk of tipping and therefore is suitable for biking, have it moved.
  • the wheelchair with the U-like is particularly suitable for use with a bike Integral frame, the longitudinal beams of which are connected to the axle tube without struts.
  • the longitudinal members can be telescopically extended, for example.
  • the enlargement of the wheelbase is achieved by using the side members Additional side rails are attached to each other by an additional axle tube are connected.
  • the wheelbase can optionally be in certain limits can be adjusted.
  • they work Additional side rails arranged under the seat are not disturbing.
  • the wheelbase can To improve the safety against tipping, of course, be enlarged without the Wheelchair is coupled with a bike, however, must deteriorate Maneuverability can be accepted.
  • the wheelchair 10 shown in FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B is a tricycle wheelchair. It has an integral support 12 with a horizontal front wheel support 12.1 running transversely to the direction of travel, two inclined supports 12.2 adjoining it laterally, which are inclined obliquely backwards upwards and slightly outwards, and two longitudinal supports 12.3 continuing them.
  • the integral support 12 is made from a bent tube.
  • the free rear ends of the longitudinal beams 12.3 of the integral beam 12 are connected to one another by a cross beam in the form of an axle tube 14 , so that the integral beam 12 together with the axle tube 14 forms a closed and very stable frame.
  • Axle holder devices 16 are used to connect the axle tube 14 to the rear ends of the inclined beams 12.3 .
  • Two rear wheels 18 of a rear wheel pair are angle adapter sleeves shown 4C and 4D are attached to the side by means of in Figs. 3A, 3B, and 4A and 4B, or 20.1 or 20.2 or 22 or 122 on the axle tube fourteenth
  • Each angle adapter sleeve 20.1 or 20.2 or 22 or 122 which is pressed with part of its length into one of the open ends of the axle tube 14 and projects with its remaining length out of the axle tube 14 , does not form a bearing for one received in it shown thru axle, with which a rear wheel 18 is attached.
  • the angle adapter sleeve shown in FIG. 3A results in a minimum camber of 0 °
  • the angle adapter sleeve shown in FIG. 3B results in a camber in the region of the maximum value of approximately 15 ° in the construction of the present angle adapter sleeve.
  • FIG. 4A and 4B show an adjustable angle adapter sleeve 22 in two different settings, the wheel camber being 1 ° with an adjustment according to FIG. 4A and 10 ° with an adjustment according to FIG. 4B .
  • the angle adapter sleeve 22 has a cylindrical part 22.1 with a bearing bore 22.2 and an asymmetrically tapering part 22.3 , the cylindrical part 22.1 depending on the camber and the asymmetrically tapering part 22.3 always being received in the end of the axle tube 14 or in a connecting sleeve 14.1 to the axle tube 14 are.
  • the asymmetrically tapering part 22.3 has a slot-like opening 22.4 and can carry out a longitudinal / tilting movement, it being guided on the opening 22.4 by means of a guide pin 22.5 fixed to the axle tube 14 on an intermediate sleeve 14.1 .
  • the cylindrical part 22.1 has a plurality of recesses 22.6 on its circumference.
  • a fixing screw screwed into a thread 22.7 provided at the end of the intermediate sleeve 14.1 engages in one of the recesses 22.6 .
  • the adjustable angle adapter sleeves can also be used on any type of wheelchair.
  • the angle adapter sleeve 122 has a cylindrical part 122.1 with a bearing bore 122.2 and an asymmetrical extension 122.3 which is oriented obliquely to the axis of the bearing bore 122.2 .
  • the cylindrical part 122.1 runs through a bearing cylinder 122.4 which is rotatably mounted in the rear cross member or axle tube 14 via an axle tube insert 122.5 .
  • the asymmetrical extension 122.3 is supported by a further axle tube insert 122.6 and a cross shaft 122.7 in the rear cross member or axle tube 14 .
  • a plunger 122.8 which can be actuated via an eccentric lever 122.9, presses the asymmetrical extension 122.3 downward against the force of a spring in the mounted position. Removed the punch can be brought 122.8 under the force of the spring from the asymmetric approach 122.3, so that the angle adapter sleeve 122 in a different position by a pivoting of the eccentric lever 122.9, in which it is fixed by means of another rotation of the eccentric lever 122.9 in this new position again .
  • the axle tube 14 with the pressed-in angle adapter sleeves 20.1, 20.2 or 22 or 122 must be set so that the bearings and thus the thru axles, not shown, of the Rear wheels 18 , which must be directed slightly upwards in accordance with the desired camber, are located exactly in a transverse plane to the longitudinal central axis of the wheelchair 10 .
  • a spirit level is mounted on the axle tube fourteenth
  • the rear wheels 18 can be manually driven in the usual way by means of gripping rings 19 attached to them and concentric with them
  • the front wheel device has a non-drivable front wheel 24 , the diameter of which is significantly smaller than the diameter of the rear wheels 18: the front wheel 24 is mounted in a fork 26 .
  • the fork 26 has at its upper end a vertical pivot which is rotatably received in a journal bearing 28 which is fastened to the front wheel carrier 12.1 via a projection 30.
  • the projection 30 and thus also the journal bearing 28 are on the front of the front wheel carrier 12.1 of the integral support 12 , so that the pivot pin is located in front of the front wheel support 12.1 designed as a cross support.
  • the two ends of the fork 26 have bores 33 in pairs at two or more heights for receiving a front wheel axle 32 , so that the front wheel 24 can be installed at different heights, as a result of which the inclination of the entire wheelchair 10 can be changed. Another possibility for changing the inclination of the entire wheelchair 10 is obtained by installing smaller or larger front wheels 24 .
  • the front wheel device can also have a pair of front wheels which are attached symmetrically to the integral frame.
  • FIG. 5A and 5B show the front wheel carrier 12.1 with a footrest 40 arranged behind the front wheel carrier 12.1 and between the inclined beams 12.2 .
  • This essentially consists of a foot plate 42 , which in the two embodiments according to FIG. 5A on the one hand and FIG. 5B on the other hand is designed somewhat differently.
  • the foot plate 42 according to FIG. 5B is less bulky than the foot plate 42 according to FIG. 5A , but allows less freedom in the positioning of the user's feet.
  • the foot plate 42 according to FIG. 5B has openings 42.1 for ventilation and for the drainage of rainwater and / or projections 42.2 , by means of which the user's feet can be prevented from slipping.
  • the foot plate 42 serves to rest the user's feet, which is fastened by means of two lateral foot support struts 44 to the inclined beams 12.2 of the integral beam 12 .
  • the footrest 40 can be mounted at different heights and the inclination of the footplate 42 is adjustable.
  • FIG. 6 shows another footrest 46 with a bracket device 48 for placing the feet, which is superior to FIG. 5 with regard to the height adjustability of the footplate 40 in terms of short lower leg lengths.
  • the wheelchair 10 also has a braking device which is formed by two braking units.
  • the brake units are of opposite design and are mirror-symmetrically attached to the front area of the longitudinal beams 12.3 . 7 to 9 show three different, known embodiments of a brake unit 34 or 36 or 38 and need no further explanation.
  • This seat module 50 essentially consists of a seat 52 and a back 54 .
  • the seat 52 has two parallel seat longitudinal members 56 which, together with a rear seat cross member 58 according to FIG. 1, form a U-shaped seat frame made from a correspondingly bent tube, which is formed by a further seat cross member which is curved downward and not visible in the drawing 60 is reinforced.
  • each of the seat longitudinal members 56 has an attachment with a fastening tab 66 , which contains bores which are provided for receiving a screw, by means of which the front end of the seat longitudinal member 56 in one of several bores 68 visible in FIG. 1 at the front End of the longitudinal beam 12.3 of the integral beam 12 of the wheelchair 10 is attached.
  • each seat stay 72 forms a pair of seat stays and are parallelized by a crossbar arrangement connecting them, not shown.
  • Each seat strut 72 has a plurality of bores 76 , which are provided for receiving a screw 78 , by means of which the seat strut 72 at the rear end of the associated longitudinal member 12.3 of the integral member 12 . is attached.
  • the effective length of the seat struts 72 and thus the angle of inclination of the seat surface 64 is determined by the respective selection of the bore 76 for the screw 78 , the maximum inclination of the seat surface 64 being somewhat less than the inclination of the side members 12.3.
  • the back 54 has two lateral back supports 80 which are fixed to the seat side members 56 by means of angle plates 81, the angle between the back 54 and the seat surface is adjustable 64th
  • the two back supports 80 are connected to one another by a crossbar 82 which is curved to the rear. 11 extend between the back supports at several heights pairs of straps 84 , the length of which is adjustable, and which are partially provided with Velcro 85 .
  • the back 54 also has a back cushion 86 with a rear cushion part 86.1 , a front cushion part 86.2 and a back cushion flap 86.3 fastened to the lower end of the front cushion part 86.2 , which in the assembled state lies between the seat surface 64 and the seat cushion.
  • the back cushion 86 is also provided with Velcro 87 .
  • Either the crossbar 82 according to FIG. 11 or handles 88 according to FIG. 12A or height-adjustable handles 90 according to FIG. 12B or FIG. 12C are used to push the wheelchair 10 .
  • a fixing plate 92 is pivotally attached at its front end at 94 to the seat longitudinal member 56 , with a plurality of bores allowing mounting in different positions, which determine the relative inclination of the back 54 to the seat surface 64 .
  • the fixing plate 92 also has a slot-shaped opening 96 , into which a pin 97 fastened to the back support 80 projects.
  • the opening 96 is widened upwards at its rear end and forms a latching opening 96.1 for the pin 97 when the back 54 is folded up.
  • the fixing plate 92 also serves as a mounting plate for a screwed-on clothes protection plate 100 according to FIG. 13 or an attachable wheel splash guard 102 , which is shown in FIG. 14 .
  • the wheel splash guard 102 has a part 102.1 bent towards the wheel and a vertical part 102.2 .
  • a plug-on bracket 104 is screwed tightly onto the latter, wherein there are no bores but slots 102.3 on the vertical part for the screws (not shown).
  • the clip-on bracket 104 can be screwed tight in different positions, as a result of which the wheel splash guard 102 can assume different positions relative to the fixing plate 92 .
  • the wheelchair 10 can be equipped with a transit roller device 106 according to FIG. 15 and / or an anti-tip device 108 according to FIG. 16 .
  • FIG. 15 shows a transit roller device and FIG. 16 shows an anti-tipping device which can optionally be arranged on the wheelchair 10 .
  • FIG. 17A shows an additional longitudinal member 110 with an additional axle tube 112 .
  • This additional longitudinal member 110 is then attached to a frame part 12.3 of a wheelchair if it is to be used temporarily with a bike.
  • the frame part 12.3 to which the additional longitudinal member 110 is fastened is the longitudinal member of the U-like integral member 12 , which is inclined downward and strut-free with the axle tube 14 , as is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 .
  • FIG. 17B shows an embodiment variant of the wheelchair 10 in which the frame part 12.3 has an extension 111 projecting to the rear at its rear end.
  • Such a design is selected in order to be able to vary the wheelbase, that is to say the mutual distance between the rear wheels 18 on the one hand and the front wheels 25 on the other hand, for example for leg amputees or to use the wheelchair 10 temporarily with a bike.

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