GB593384A - Improvements in or relating to folding wheel chair - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to folding wheel chair

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GB593384A
GB593384A GB13523/45A GB1352345A GB593384A GB 593384 A GB593384 A GB 593384A GB 13523/45 A GB13523/45 A GB 13523/45A GB 1352345 A GB1352345 A GB 1352345A GB 593384 A GB593384 A GB 593384A
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tubes
sleeves
secured
uprights
frame
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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
    • A61G5/08—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable
    • 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
    • A61G5/08—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable
    • A61G5/0808—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction
    • A61G5/0816—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction folding side to side, e.g. reducing or expanding the overall width of the wheelchair
    • A61G5/0825—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction folding side to side, e.g. reducing or expanding the overall width of the wheelchair comprising a scissor-type frame, e.g. having pivoting cross bars for enabling folding

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Abstract

593,384. Collapsable road vehicles. DUKE, S. May 30, 1945, No. 13523. [Class 108 (i)] In a folding wheel chair, the wheels are carried by a frame comprising horizontal tubes 16 and front and rear uprights 17, 18 secured thereto, the seat-carrying frame comprising horizontal tubes 22 to which front and rear vertical tubes 23, 24 are welded, the tubes 23, 24 being slidable within the tubes 17, 18 to rest on buffer springs 25. Pivoted diagonal struts 45, 46, 45a, 46a space the frame sides in open position, or allow the chair, to be folded for transport &c. The uprights 17, 18 are secured to sleeves 65, 69 on the tubes 16 to which they are secured by bolts 66, 70. Between .the sleeves 65, 69 on the tubes 16 are revoluble sleeves 47, 50 to which the lower ends of the diagonal struts are secured, the sleeves 47, 50 being spaced by a sleeve 16. The tops of the diagonal struts are similarly secured to sleeves revoluble on the tubes 22, the revoluble telescopic mounting permitting the folding of the frame. The back and arm rest 15 comprises tubes 31, 32, 37, the uprights 32, 37 having ends 33, 38 of reduced diameter which are clamped in the tubes 17, 18 by screws 41, 41a. The axle lugs 21 are mounted on the tube 18 and the footrest brackets 63 are secured to the uprights 17 and the sleeves 65, the footrests 67 being pivoted to the brackets. Small castor wheels are secured to each of the sleeves 65.
GB13523/45A 1945-05-30 Improvements in or relating to folding wheel chair Expired GB593384A (en)

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GB593384A true GB593384A (en) 1947-10-15

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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE951665C (en) * 1953-04-08 1956-10-31 Gert Schladebach Collapsible three-wheeled hospital elevator
GB2126537A (en) * 1982-07-22 1984-03-28 Meyra Krankenfahrzeug A foldable wheelchair
US4477098A (en) * 1980-11-13 1984-10-16 Quadra Wheelchairs, Inc. Wheelchair construction
US4515383A (en) * 1980-11-13 1985-05-07 Quadra Wheelchairs, Inc. Wheelchair construction
GB2154517A (en) * 1984-02-22 1985-09-11 Djordje Rabatic Foldable sled
FR2563993A1 (en) * 1984-05-11 1985-11-15 Quadra Wheelchairs Inc Collapsible and foldable wheelchair
US4840390A (en) * 1986-09-30 1989-06-20 Invacare Corporation Symmetrically modular wheelchair
US4981305A (en) * 1986-09-30 1991-01-01 Invacare Corporation Symmetrically modular wheelchair

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE951665C (en) * 1953-04-08 1956-10-31 Gert Schladebach Collapsible three-wheeled hospital elevator
US4477098A (en) * 1980-11-13 1984-10-16 Quadra Wheelchairs, Inc. Wheelchair construction
US4515383A (en) * 1980-11-13 1985-05-07 Quadra Wheelchairs, Inc. Wheelchair construction
GB2126537A (en) * 1982-07-22 1984-03-28 Meyra Krankenfahrzeug A foldable wheelchair
GB2154517A (en) * 1984-02-22 1985-09-11 Djordje Rabatic Foldable sled
FR2563993A1 (en) * 1984-05-11 1985-11-15 Quadra Wheelchairs Inc Collapsible and foldable wheelchair
US4840390A (en) * 1986-09-30 1989-06-20 Invacare Corporation Symmetrically modular wheelchair
US4981305A (en) * 1986-09-30 1991-01-01 Invacare Corporation Symmetrically modular wheelchair

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