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This invention constitutes a lightweight wheeled chair forming a companion rider device formed of hollow tubular frame members. A tow bar can be attached to the tow bar attachment with a pin coupling assembly. The tow bar attachment is mountable to the front ends of the lower side frame of the chair

This invention constitutes a lightweight wheeled chair forming a companion rider device formed of hollow tubular frame members. A tow bar can be attached to the tow bar attachment with a pin coupling assembly. The tow bar attachment is mountable to the front ends of the lower side frame of the chair or it may also be permanently fixed there. The tow bar is downwardly curved from its middle and it has a feet rest. The height of the wheelchair may be adjusted by mounting the back wheels and the castor wheels in different adjusting holes provided in the chair frames and in castor wheel attachement. The present invention is to provide a lightweight wheelchair that can be used as a standalone wheelchair, as well as for a recreational use coupled to a motorized vehicle, such as an electric wheelchair.

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1. A companion rider wheel chair in combination witha wheelchair being suitable to be used alone, said wheelchair further comprising: two lower side frame members, said members further having a front and a rear end, the rear end further having several holes for mounting a back wheel; two back wheels

1. A companion rider wheel chair in combination witha wheelchair being suitable to be used alone, said wheelchair further comprising: two lower side frame members, said members further having a front and a rear end, the rear end further having several holes for mounting a back wheel; two back wheels having a diameter of 20 to 26 inches mountable to any of the holes in the rear end of the lower side frame members; a tow bar attachment mounted to the front ends of the lower side frame members, said tow bar attachment having a pin coupling system for attachment of a tow bar; two castor assemblies attachable to the lower side frame members; a motorized vehicle comprising a coupling system below a seat for a pin coupling attachment of a tow bar; and a tow bar having two ends further having a downwardly curved part between the two ends, said tow bar further having a foot rest in the downwardly curved part, said tow bar having a pin-coupling system in both of its ends for coupling one end of the tow bar to the pin coupling system of the tow bar attachment of the wheel chair and the second end to the coupling system of the motorized vehicle. 2. The companion rider wheel chair of claim 1 wherein the wheelchair is collapsible.