TABLE FOR WHEELCHAIR AND WHEELCHAIR COMPRISING SAME

• US 20150157517A1
• Filed: 10/09/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyokuyou Steel Mechanicalfactory Co., Ltd., Kyokuyou Steel Mechanical Factory Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kyokuyou Steel Mechanical Factory Company Limited
• Inventors: Okada, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,445,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/13 Table and chair assembly for disabled persons, used as workplace
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/622 Receptacles, e.g. cup holders, storage containers
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/705 of detachable type
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/10 Parts, details or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1094 Tables, working plates or trays

Abstract

The present invention provides a wheelchair table 1 comprising an attachment part 10 to be attached to a side part of a wheelchair, an arm 20 supported by the attachment part 10, and a table body 30 provided at a tip part of the arm 20, wherein the arm 20 is supported so as to be movable upward and downward relative to the attachment part 10 such that the table body 30 can be lowered from an in-use position located above a user'"'"'s knees to a not in-use position located in front of and below the knees while the user sits in the wheelchair 100. With this wheelchair table 1, operability and safety during wheelchair travel can be enhanced while favorably maintaining the function as a table.

Claims

1. A wheelchair table comprising an attachment part to be attached to a side part of a wheelchair, an arm supported by the attachment part, and a table body provided at a tip part of the arm, wherein

the arm is supported so as to be movable upward and downward relative to the attachment part such that the table body can be lowered from an in-use position located above user'"'"'s knees to a not in-use position located in front of and below the knees while the user sits in the wheelchair.

2. The wheelchair table according to claim 1, wherein the arm is supported so as to be rotatable in upward and downward directions relative to the attachment part.

3. The wheelchair table according to claim 2, wherein the arm comprises a latch part capable of engagement with an engagement part of the attachment part, a spring for biasing the latch part so as to engage with the engagement part, and a lever for detaching the latch part against a biasing force of the spring, and

the arm is configured to become rotatable relative to the attachment part when the user pushes the lever while sitting in the wheelchair to cancel the engagement of the engagement part and the latch part.

4. The wheelchair table according to claim 3, wherein a direction in which the lever is pushed for cancelling the engagement of the engagement part and the latch part matches a rotational direction of the arm.

5. The wheelchair table according to claim 3, wherein the arm comprises a framework for rotatably supporting the lever, and

the lever comprises a handle placed within the framework.

6. The wheelchair table according to claim 2, further comprising a cushioning mechanism that eases a rapid rotational movement of the arm relative to the attachment part.

7. The wheelchair table according to claim 2, wherein the in-use position of the table body comprises a first in-use position in which an upper surface of the first table body is level and a second in-use position in which the upper surface of the first table body is tilted toward the user'"'"'s side.

8. The wheelchair table according to claim 1, wherein the table body is rotatably attached to the arm and is capable of being retracted to a side from above the knees or from in front of and below the knees of the user.

9. The wheelchair table according to claim 1, wherein the table body comprises a base part supported by the arm and a receptacle that is attachable to and detachable from the base part, and the receptacle, once removed from the base part, is capable of being carried.

10. A wheelchair in which the wheelchair table of claim 1 is attached to a side part.