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The invention is concerned with assistance to handicapped persons. The body-supporting device for wheelchair for handicapped person is characterized in that it comprises: a first set of means comprising two rigid segments, each mounted on the backrest by an articulated system which blocks the segmen

The invention is concerned with assistance to handicapped persons. The body-supporting device for wheelchair for handicapped person is characterized in that it comprises: a first set of means comprising two rigid segments, each mounted on the backrest by an articulated system which blocks the segment in a vertical orientation as armrest or horizontal orientation as thoracic half-belt, and a second set of means comprising two cradel elements adapted to be immobilized in the same horizontal plane in alignment to form open leg guards fitting over the front of the subject\s legs. The invention is applicable to wheelchairs.

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A device for supporting the body of a handicapped person within a wheelchair of the type including an articulated elevator structure fitted on the frame of the wheelchair, a backrest having a pair of uprights, a seat articulated on the backrest and on the frame, a footrest assembly having a pair of

A device for supporting the body of a handicapped person within a wheelchair of the type including an articulated elevator structure fitted on the frame of the wheelchair, a backrest having a pair of uprights, a seat articulated on the backrest and on the frame, a footrest assembly having a pair of front uprights and articulated on the seat and the frame, and means for relative pivoting, the device comprising: (a) a first set of means including two partly bent rigid segments, each segment mounted laterally on a corresponding upright of the backrest by an articulated system which holds and locks the segment in either a generally vertical orientation wherein the segment defines an armrest or in a generally horizontal orientation wherein the segment defines a thoracic half-belt for the person; (b) each articulated system including a fork joint supporting a stirrup by a substantially horizontal pivot pin, a pivot whose axis is substantially at right angles to the pivot axis connecting the web of the stirrup to an extension of the segment, and a catch borne by the fork joint for engaging within either one of two holes formed in the extension for immobilizing the segment in either the vertical or the horizontal orientation; and (c) a second set of means including two cradle elements, each cradle element being mounted by two pivot pins of orthogonal directions on a corresponding front upright of the footrest assembly, the cradle elements including means for relative immobilization in a position of alignment wherein the cradle elements are in engagement over the front portions of the legs of the person.