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For a wheelchair, an improved handrim assembly includes a wheelrim with circumferentially spaced-apart slots formed through the wheelrim and anchor tab members loosely mounted through the slots. The anchor tabs have enlarged heads on the outer side of the rim and narrower neck portions which extend

For a wheelchair, an improved handrim assembly includes a wheelrim with circumferentially spaced-apart slots formed through the wheelrim and anchor tab members loosely mounted through the slots. The anchor tabs have enlarged heads on the outer side of the rim and narrower neck portions which extend radially inward of the wheelrim. Fasteners mounted through apertures in the anchor tab necks extend transversely from the anchor tabs and are rigidly connected to portions to a handrim. Each of the slots in the wheelrim is longer in the circumferential direction than in the transverse direction, and the neck portions of the anchor tabs are flat-sided to bear against the long sides of the slots, thereby reducing shear stresses on the tab neck portions and the wheelrim.

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An improved handrim assembly for a wheelchair comprising: (a) a rigid circular handrim; (b) a wheel assembly including a rigid circular wheelrim having a circular rim wall and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart slots formed through said rim wall, said slots being elongated in the circumfe

An improved handrim assembly for a wheelchair comprising: (a) a rigid circular handrim; (b) a wheel assembly including a rigid circular wheelrim having a circular rim wall and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart slots formed through said rim wall, said slots being elongated in the circumferential direction; (c) a plurality of anchor tab members fitted loosely through each of said slots, each of the anchor tab members having a head portion having a dimension exceeding one of the dimensions of an associated slot and neck portion dimensioned for loose insertion from an outer side of said rim wall through the slot to extend radially inward beyond the inner periphery of the wheelrim, said neck portion having a flat side mounted to bear against the elongated side of said slot; (d) a plurality of spacer means extending laterally of said rim wall and connecting each of the inwardly extending neck portions of the anchor tab members to the handrim to rigidly attach said hand rim to the wheelrim at a distance spaced laterally therefrom.