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A transfer device for transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a motor vehicle seat, which comprises a pair of interlocking trays, one on a frame of the wheelchair and one on the motor vehicle seat, the trays having aligned tracks which are engaged by the wheelchair seat, which upon being release

A transfer device for transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a motor vehicle seat, which comprises a pair of interlocking trays, one on a frame of the wheelchair and one on the motor vehicle seat, the trays having aligned tracks which are engaged by the wheelchair seat, which upon being released from the wheelchair frame, is movable from the wheelchair frame onto the tray on the motor vehicle seat.

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In a wheelchair having a main frame assembly including a pair of relatively large non-swivealable wheels and a pair of relatively smaller swivealable wheels, the improvement comprising: a pair of seat supports, one of said seat supports supported on said main frame assembly and the other of said sea

In a wheelchair having a main frame assembly including a pair of relatively large non-swivealable wheels and a pair of relatively smaller swivealable wheels, the improvement comprising: a pair of seat supports, one of said seat supports supported on said main frame assembly and the other of said seat supports being adapted to be supported on the seat of a motor vehicle, said other of said seat supports having a vehicle seat engaging surface of such size and shape that it can be supported on the seat of a motor vehicle between the front and rear edges thereof, each of said pair of seat supports having a surface thereon defining at least one track which aligns with the track of the other of said pair of seat supports when positioned end-to-end therewith, a transfer seat having track engagement means which engage said track and permit sliding of said transfer seat from a first position in which said transfer seat is supported on said one seat support to a second position in which said transfer seat is supported on said other of said seat supports, releasable locking means for releasably locking said transfer seat in position on said main frame assembly, and swivel means for rotatably mounting said one of said seat supports with respect to said main frame assembly so that said one seat support may be swivelled with respect to said main frame assembly from a first position in which it is facing in the direction of rolling movement of said relatively larger non-swivelable wheels, to a second position in which it is facing in a direction transverse to said direction of rolling movement, whereby said wheelchair can be moved into close proximity with the seat of a motor vehicle to facilitate movement of said transfer seat therebetween.