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A lightweight wheelchair (10) including a front frame (27), footrest assembly (33), and mounting means (34,48) for mounting the footrest assembly (33) to the frame (27) for pivotal movement between a position in front of the chair and a position beside the chair is disclosed. The footrest assembly (

A lightweight wheelchair (10) including a front frame (27), footrest assembly (33), and mounting means (34,48) for mounting the footrest assembly (33) to the frame (27) for pivotal movement between a position in front of the chair and a position beside the chair is disclosed. The footrest assembly (33) is mounted to a front frame member (27) of the chair by a pivotal joint (34) and is further supported by a support bracket (48) which engages a side of the front frame member (27) below the pivotal joint (34). Mounted to the bracket (48) and front frame member (27) are cooperating subassemblies (56,57) which latch the footrest assembly (33) in a position in front of the chair and simultaneously bind or cam-down the inner end (49) of the bracket (48) against the side of the vertical front frame member (27). The latch assembly (52) can be operated by one of relatively limited manual dexterity, and the footrest assembly ( 33) can be removed from the wheelchair (10) by unlatching, rotating and lifting the footrest assembly (33). A mounting block (23) for securement of the seat frame (11) of the wheelchair (10) is also disclosed.

대표청구항 ▼

A lightweight wheelchair including a frame including a tubular front frame member, a footrest assembly, and mounting means including a pivotal joint mounting said footrest assembly to said frame member for pivotal movement about a substantially vertically oriented axis between a first position in fr

A lightweight wheelchair including a frame including a tubular front frame member, a footrest assembly, and mounting means including a pivotal joint mounting said footrest assembly to said frame member for pivotal movement about a substantially vertically oriented axis between a first position in front of said wheelchair and a second position beside said wheelchair, wherein the improvement in said wheelchair assembly comprises: said footrest assembly depending downwardly and outwardly from said pivotal joint; support bracket means extending between said footrest assembly and said frame below said pivotal joint, said support bracket means including an inner end mating with and rotatably engaging a side of said frame member and supporting said footrest assembly from said frame member during said pivotal movement; and a latch assembly positioned proximate said inner end and releasably latching said footrest assembly against pivotal movement in said first position and securing said inner end tightly against said frame member in said first position to relatively rigidly support said footrest assembly from said frame.