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Wheelchair accessory apparatus

  • US 6,254,116 B1
  • Filed: 06/16/1995
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wheelchair and apparatus for mounting and stabilizing any one of a variety of accessories to said wheelchair, the apparatus comprising:

  • a mounting means, said mounting means further comprising a mounting shaft which may be mounted to the frame of the wheelchair at a point along the side of the wheelchair and sufficiently forward of a wheel of the wheelchair to permit a person free access to the wheel and wheel-gripping member of the wheelchair, said mounting shaft further having one or more telescoping sections;

    said one or more telescoping sections further having releasable fastening means adapted to enable said telescoping sections to be set and locked throughout a range of vertical motion, said vertical fastening means further comprising a series of exterior vertical positioning holes which are vertically positioned along an outer base shaft member and which are further adapted to be aligned with an interior vertical positioning hole within an enclosed shaft member of said telescoping sections, said enclosed shaft member further having a spring loaded button with a button end which may be pushed within said interior vertical positioning hole and is further adapted to align said spring loaded button and then allow said spring loaded button to be released so that its button end may spring up through said interior vertical positioning hole and a desired one of said exterior vertical positioning holes and lock said base shaft member and enclosed shaft member together at a desired point;

    an uppermost shaft member of said telescoping sections having locking means adapted to permit said uppermost member to be securely locked within a range of rotation, said rotational locking means further comprising a rotational positioning hole within said enclosed shaft member which is adapted to align with one of a series of radial positioning holes which radially surround the uppermost shaft member enclosing the enclosed shaft member, said enclosed shaft member being further adapted with an additional spring loaded button with a button end which may be pushed within said rotational positioning hole and then released so that its button end may spring up through said rotational positioning hole and a desired one of said radial positioning holes and lock said uppermost shaft member and enclosed shaft member together at a desired point;

    gripping means, said gripping means resting upon the uppermost shaft member of said telescoping sections and extending out through a range of angular dispositions including from perpendicular to said telescoping sections to nearly vertical from said uppermost telescoping shaft member, said gripping means further receiving accessory mounting means; and

    said accessory mounting means further being adapted to receive and mount an accessory which may be of use to a wheelchair bound person and is to be received by said accessory mounting means.

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