EP2384729B1 - Footrest for a wheelchair - Google Patents

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EP2384729B1
EP2384729B1 EP10162175A EP10162175A EP2384729B1 EP 2384729 B1 EP2384729 B1 EP 2384729B1 EP 10162175 A EP10162175 A EP 10162175A EP 10162175 A EP10162175 A EP 10162175A EP 2384729 B1 EP2384729 B1 EP 2384729B1
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footrest
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heel support
wheelchair
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Mats Feldt
Amir Caprnja
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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
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/12—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the 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
    • A61G5/12—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

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  • the present invention relates to a footrest for a wheelchair, said footrest being configured so as to prevent injuries of the user when he accidentally falls down and violently hits said footrest.
  • each footrest may be commonly equipped with a heel strap, said strap being configured to support the heel of the user's foot.
  • Said strap generally extends at the rear of the footrest and in an orthogonal position with regard to the footrest plate. The strap is generally received over one or several metallic posts fixedly connected to the footrest plate and positioned near the corners of the footrest plate. Such a configuration has been usually used in conventional wheelchairs for a long time.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to provide a footrest for a wheelchair, wherein the drawback mentioned of the known footrests is avoided.
  • the probability that the user is seriously injured when he hits the footrests is highly reduced.
  • the flexible posts of said footrests are configured to bend under the user's weight and, therefore, avoids that the user's body is pierced by said posts.
  • the footrest 1 comprises a footrest plate 2 defining an upper plane surface 2a adapted to receive the foot of a user, said upper surface 2a having an approximately rectangular form.
  • the footrest plate 2 is connected at one of its lateral end 2b to the lower end of a legrest 3 of the wheelchair.
  • two posts 4 over which is telescopically received a heel support strap 5.
  • the heel support strap 5 forms, at its respective ends 5a and 5b, a loop configured to tightly lodge a post 4.
  • Said strap 5 may be formed from canvas, plastic, leather or other flexible material.
  • Each post 4 is fixedly connected to the footrest plate 2 by means of a screw 7 received inside a threaded hole 6 of the footrest plate 2.
  • the post 4 comprises an upper part 4a and a lower part 4b.
  • a threaded hole 4c is formed in the lower end 4d of the upper part 4a so as to permit a screwing connection between the lower part 4b and the upper part 4a.
  • a threaded hole 4e is formed in the lower end 4f of the lower part 4b so as to receive the screw 7.
  • the upper part 4a has an approximately cylindrical form in a middle area 4g comprised between the upper end 4h and the lower end 4d.
  • the upper end 4h of the upper part 4a has a hemi-spherical form that is defined by its circular base 4i, the diamater d1 of said base 4i being greater than the diameter d of the middle area 4g so as to form an abutment for the heel support strap 5 when said strap 5 is tightly received over said middle area 4g.
  • the difference between d1 and d will be comprised between 0,5 to 2 mm.
  • the lenght L of the upper part 4a will be advantageously comprised between 10 and 25 mm and will be 0,5 to 2 mm higher than the width of the heel support strap 5.
  • the post 4 is also configured so as to flex downwardly when someone exerts a vertical pressure from top to bottom.
  • the upper part 4a of said post 4 is advantageously made in a flexible plastic material.
  • Said material is also configured so as to be sufficiently rigid to resist to lateral pulling efforts exerted by the user's feet via the heel support strap 5.
  • said material will have an hardness comprised between 60 and 90 shore and will be chosen among polyurethan.
  • the lower part 4b of the post 4 is advantageously made in a rigid plastic material, in particular in a polyamid with 30% glass fibres.

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EP10162175A 2010-05-06 2010-05-06 Footrest for a wheelchair Active EP2384729B1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

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ES10162175T ES2399460T3 (es) 2010-05-06 2010-05-06 Reposapiés para una silla de ruedas
DK10162175.3T DK2384729T3 (da) 2010-05-06 2010-05-06 Fodstøtte til en kørestol
EP10162175A EP2384729B1 (en) 2010-05-06 2010-05-06 Footrest for a wheelchair

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EP10162175A EP2384729B1 (en) 2010-05-06 2010-05-06 Footrest for a wheelchair

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EP2384729A1 EP2384729A1 (en) 2011-11-09
EP2384729B1 true EP2384729B1 (en) 2012-11-14

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SE543768C2 (en) 2019-10-15 2021-07-13 Etac Ab A post for a footrest of a wheelchair or shower chair, and a corresponding footrest and a wheelchair or shower chair

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US4840390A (en) * 1986-09-30 1989-06-20 Invacare Corporation Symmetrically modular wheelchair
US6302429B1 (en) * 1999-11-16 2001-10-16 Da International, Ltd Convertible wheelchair
DE202005018526U1 (de) * 2005-11-26 2006-01-19 Dietz Gmbh Verstellbare Beinstütze für einen Rollstuhl

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