초록 ▼

A work-engaging member is attached to the wheelchair frame adjacent to the footrest assembly of a wheelchair to cause latching and releasing of the footrest assembly for rotation about a vertical axis. As the work-engaging member is turned by a rotatable means a surface thereon which is spaced from

A work-engaging member is attached to the wheelchair frame adjacent to the footrest assembly of a wheelchair to cause latching and releasing of the footrest assembly for rotation about a vertical axis. As the work-engaging member is turned by a rotatable means a surface thereon which is spaced from the axis of rotation slidably contacts the footrest assembly to push the footrest assembly latch and causes the footrest assembly to swing to the side of the wheelchair. Rotation of the work-engaging member in the opposite direction causes the device to contact a surface of the footrest assembly thereby laterally urging the footrest assembly around the vertical axis so as to reposition and cause the latching of the footrest assembly into a locked position in front of the wheelchair.

대표청구항 ▼

A device for remotely operating a wheelchair footrest means that is pivotally supported on a pair of spaced-apart, upwardly-directed, and vertically-aligned attachment posts on a forward leg of a wheelchair so as to be moveable from a position in front of said wheelchair to a position at the side of

A device for remotely operating a wheelchair footrest means that is pivotally supported on a pair of spaced-apart, upwardly-directed, and vertically-aligned attachment posts on a forward leg of a wheelchair so as to be moveable from a position in front of said wheelchair to a position at the side of said wheelchair, said footrest means provided with a latching means including a latch release means for releasably latching said footrest means in said position in front of said wheelchair, said device comprising: bracket means having substantially parallel supporting structures at opposite ends of said bracket means, said supporting structures spaced apart a distance corresponding to a spacing between said attachment posts on said wheelchair, said supporting structures each provided with a hole for engagement with one of said attachment posts whereby said bracket means is permitted to rotate about an axis established by said aligned attachment posts; operator means having a first end connected to said bracket means and a distal end proximate an armrest of said wheelchair, said operator means providing for rotation of said bracket means about said axis; and an elongated cam member attached to said bracket means for rotation therewith, said cam member being oriented substantially perpendicular to said axis, said cam member having an edge cam surface extending a distance from said bracket means whereby said edge cam surface contacts and operates said latch release means of said footrest means when said bracket means is rotated by said operator means in one direction to thereby unlatch said footrest means and rotate said footrest means to said side of said wheelchair.