JP2000308656A - Storing device for wheelchair - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make storable a wheelchair in the rear trunk of a hatch back vehicle by laying rails in the longitudinal direction on the floor of the trunk, slidably installing a moving table, journalling a frame on which a wheelchair is placed on a horizontal shaft of the moving table, and driving the frame to turn by a motor of the moving table. SOLUTION: A motor 3 and a frame 1 are installed on a moving table 2, and the frame 1 is installed on a horizontal shaft 5 of the moving table 2 turnably. The frame 1 is formed by fitting a table 7 to the lower ends of support arms spaced from each other in a pair, and a wheelchair folded on the table 7 is placed on the frame 1 in the state of leaning against a connecting member stretched between the support arms 6. The frame 1 is journalledly supported on the horizontal shaft 5 of the moving table 2 to turn on the horizontal shaft 5, and the turning movement of the frame 1 is performed by the motor 3 fitted to the moving table 2. When the support arms 6 are turned, the frame 1a is lifted to be horizontal, and when the frame 1a is further pushed, the moving table 2 is slid along the rails 4 to be moved to the innermost part of a trunk.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for storing a wheelchair used by a physically handicapped person in a hatchback style rear trunk of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art People with physical disabilities use wheelchairs because they have difficulty walking. By the way, this physically handicapped person also has a degree of disability and is inconvenient when walking, but many people can drive a car by themselves. You can drive far away or drive to work. However, after getting out of the car, it is inconvenient to walk on his own, so that it is necessary to use a wheelchair, so that it is necessary to carry it in a trunk behind the car.

Conventionally, various devices have been known for accommodating a wheelchair in a trunk or a luggage carrier of a car. For example, a "vehicle getting-on / off device" according to JP-A-9-215711, a "wheelchair lifter" according to JP-A-10-67271, and a "car for the physically handicapped" according to Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-87942.
Many other applications have been filed.

[0004] However, apart from a severely disabled person, the conventional device is inconvenient if it is a person who can drive himself, and the use of a hatchback type vehicle used by ordinary healthy people is difficult. It is desired that the vehicle can be stored in the rear trunk of the vehicle. However, it is practically impossible to store the wheelchair in the hatchback type car trunk as it is because of a lack of space.

[0005]

As described above, there is a problem as described above when the wheelchair is stored in the rear trunk without being changed. The problem to be solved by the present invention is this problem, and provides a wheelchair storage device that can be stored in a hatchback-type vehicle rear trunk.

[0006]

The wheelchair to which the present invention is applied cannot be stored in the rear trunk of a hatchback type vehicle as it is, and therefore has a structure that can be folded. That is, the vehicle is folded so that the distance between both wheels is reduced, and is placed on a gantry and stored in a trunk in this state. The gantry is substantially L-shaped and pivots about a horizontal axis, which is attached to a moving table.

[0007] A rail is provided along the trunk of the car, and the movable base can move along the rail. Further, the moving table is provided with a motor, and the gantry supported on a horizontal axis can be turned by the motor. Therefore, place the wheelchair on the gantry and restrain it with a string or the like so that it does not fall down. Is pushed into. The bottom of the gantry is fixed to the floor of the trunk because the gantry is not stable just by storing it in the trunk. Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0008]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a wheelchair storage device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a side view. FIG. 5 shows a case where this device is mounted on the trunk of a car. The car is a hatchback type with a door attached to the rear, and a gantry on which a wheelchair is mounted is turned and stored in a trunk.
The figure shows a case where the gantry is located outside the trunk, but this gantry turns and moves to be stored in the trunk. The wheelchair on the gantry can be stored together with the gantry.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a gantry, 2 denotes a movable base, 3 denotes a motor, and 4 denotes a rail. The motor 3 and the gantry 1 are attached to the moving gantry 2, and the gantry 1 is attached to the horizontal axis 5 of the gantry 2 in a rotatable state. The gantry 1 is configured by attaching a pedestal 7 to the lower ends of a pair of support arms 6, 6 at predetermined intervals, and a folded wheelchair is mounted on the pedestal 7. As is well known, the wheelchair has large wheels on both sides of the chair, and has small auxiliary wheels on the front step side. However, in the present invention, the wheelchair can be folded in order to be mounted on the table 7. Required.

In a wheelchair, the distance between the two wheels is reduced.
The central chair is folded. Here, the folding wheelchair is conventionally known, and the specific structure is not limited, and the description is omitted. Since the table 7 is located close to the ground, the wheelchair can be easily mounted on the table 7 without a large step, and the wheelchair is tied with a rubber band or the like so as not to fall off the table 7. The wheelchair is placed on the gantry 1 while leaning on the connecting member suspended between the support arms 6 and 6.

The gantry 1 is supported by a horizontal shaft 5 provided on the movable base 2 and can pivot about the horizontal shaft 5, so that the support arms 6, 6 are raised horizontally.
As shown in FIG. 4, the turning movement of the gantry 1 is driven by a motor 3 attached to the moving base 2, and a sprocket 9 is attached to a shaft 8 provided at an interval from the motor 3. The sprocket 11 of the motor shaft 10 and the chain 1
2 are connected.

Therefore, the shaft 8 is rotated by the motor 3,
A gear 13 attached to the end of the shaft 8 meshes with an arc gear 14. The arc gear 14 is fixed to the inner surface of the support arm 6, and the arc gear 14 has its arc center coincident with the horizontal axis 5. Therefore, the rotation of the gear 13 can rotate the arc gear 14 and the support arm 6.

If the support arm 6 is pivoted, the gantry 1a is lifted and becomes horizontal as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
By sliding along 4, it moves to the back of the trunk like 1b.

FIG. 5 shows a case where the wheelchair 15 is mounted on the gantry 1. The wheelchair 15 is folded and reduced in width, and is mounted on the base 7 and fixed to a connecting member straddling between the support arms 6 and 6. The fixing means is optional, but is prevented from falling off the gantry 1 by being hooked with a rubber band.

FIGS. 6A to 6D show the operation of accommodating the wheelchair mounted on the gantry 1 in the trunk. (a) shows a case where the wheelchair 15 is placed on the gantry 1, which is the same as the state shown in FIG. The car is a hatchback type. The rear door is opened, the gantry 1 housed in the trunk is turned out, and the wheelchair 15 is placed on the lowered platform 7 so as not to fall.

FIG. 2B shows a state in which the gantry 1 is swung up and lifted, and the support arm 6 and the wheelchair 15 are lying horizontally. (c) shows a case where the support arm 6 and the wheelchair 15 are pushed into the trunk while lying horizontally. Since the movable base 2 can slide along the rail, the wheelchair 15 is stored in the trunk together with the gantry 1. However, since the rear door cannot be closed in this state, the gantry 1 is turned as shown in (d).

Then, a pin 16 provided at the lower end of the gantry 1 is locked by fitting it into a groove provided on the floor side of the trunk so that the gantry 1 does not rattle. Pins 16 and 16 are shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), they are provided at the lower ends of the support arms 6 and 6 so as to project outward. To change to the state shown in (d),
By pressing down, the gantry 1 can easily turn. The physically handicapped gets off the wheelchair in this way, folds the wheelchair by himself and puts it on the gantry, and turns on the motor by turning the motor when the wheelchair is restrained with a rubber belt so as not to drop, and the gantry 1 is lifted (b) When it is level, push it into the trunk.

Then, in order to close the rear door, the lower end of the gantry 1 is pushed down and locked. In this way, when the disabled person himself stores the wheelchair in the trunk, he / she can drive the car and move to a predetermined place. When the vehicle arrives at a predetermined place, the user can pull out the wheelchair from the trunk and get on. Since the operation of pulling out the wheelchair is the reverse of the case of the storing operation, the description is omitted. As described above, the wheelchair storage device of the present invention can place the folded wheelchair on the gantry, turn the gantry and store it in the trunk, and obtain the following effects. Can be done.

[0019]

According to the wheelchair storage device of the present invention, a folded wheelchair can be placed on a gantry and stored in a trunk, so that a patchback type vehicle used by ordinary people can be used. , Can be installed in the trunk. That is, this storage device has a moving base that slides along a rail, and the moving base includes a motor and a gantry supported on a horizontal axis, and the gantry can be rotated by the motor. It fits in the trunk of a typical hatchback-type car and can easily accommodate a wheelchair. The lower end of the gantry is fixed to the floor so that the gantry stored in the trunk does not rattle. By mounting the storage device of the present invention on the trunk, there is no need to mount a wheelchair using a large special vehicle as in the related art, which is convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a wheelchair storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the wheelchair storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the wheelchair storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view showing a gantry turning device.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which a wheelchair is placed on a gantry.

FIG. 6 shows an operation of storing a wheelchair in a trunk.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Moving stand 3 Motor 4 Rail 5 Horizontal axis 6 Support arm 7 units 8 axis 9 Sprocket 10 Motor shaft 11 Sprocket 12 Chain 13 Gear 14 Arc gear 15 Wheelchair 16 pin

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device for storing a wheelchair in a rear trunk of a hatchback type vehicle, wherein a rail is laid on a floor of the trunk in a front-rear direction, and a movable table is slidably mounted. A wheelchair storage device, wherein a gantry on which a wheelchair is mounted is pivotally supported so that the gantry can be swiveled, and the gantry is swiveled by a motor provided on the movable base. 2. A device for accommodating a wheelchair in a rear trunk of a hatchback type vehicle, wherein a rail is laid on a floor of the trunk in a front-rear direction, and a movable table is slidably mounted. Has a base on which a wheelchair can be mounted and can be turned.The movable base has a motor,
A gear driven by this motor is engaged with an arc gear attached to the inner surface of a support arm of the gantry, and the arc gear around the horizontal axis is rotated by the rotation of the gear, and as a result, the gantry is turned. A storage device for a wheelchair. 3. The wheelchair storage device according to claim 1, wherein a pin is provided at a lower end of the gantry, and a groove in which the pin is fitted and locked is provided on the floor side of the trunk.