Backupholstery adjustment device for wheelchair |
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申请号 | US11103522 | 申请日 | 2005-04-12 | 公开(公告)号 | US07188902B1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2007-03-13 |
申请人 | Chao-Jen Chen; | 发明人 | Chao-Jen Chen; | ||||
摘要 | A backupholstery adjustment device for a wheelchair includes a wheelchair having a horizontally and/or obliquely adjusted backupholstery which has a pair of upper positioning rods and a pair of lower positioning rods spacedly secured to a plurality of V-shaped linking plates on inward arcuate lateral sides thereof, a pair of upper and a pair of lower adjustment pieces respectively secured to the upper and lower portions of a pair of L-shaped handles through a plurality of clamping plates. The upper adjustment pieces each has a slit abutting a stopping portion in the top insertable by the pair of upper positioning rods and a plurality of grooves formed inside for selectively engaging the upper positioning rods. The lower adjustment pieces each has a slit abutting a stopping portion, too, insertable by the pair of lower positioning rods and a single groove engageable within the lower positioning rods. In an alternate arrangement, both the upper and lower adjustment pieces having a plurality of positioning grooves. | ||||||
权利要求 | I claim: |
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说明书全文 | The present invention relates to the medical healthy wheelchair and more particularly to the backupholstery adjustment device for wheelchair which is able to horizontally and obliquely adjust the backupholstery to suit different height or fat of the crippled people. The wheelchair is a means of transportation for the crippled. It is readily foldable and presents a display that is very convenient for use. However, the back of the chair is solid and cannot be adjusted. As such, the back of the chair may not be suitable to the different height and weight of users. It also may not be suitable for the handicapped. As we know that improper sitting posture is uncomfortable on the back of the patient and sometimes makes the user's back not straight. Thus, only the adjustable backupholstery of the wheelchair can solve this problem. The present invention has a main object to provide a backupholstery adjustment device for a wheelchair which is capable of adjusting the backupholstery horizontally and obliquely to suit to different height or weight of the users. Accordingly, the backupholstery adjustment device for the wheelchair of the present invention comprises a pair of front and large wheels, several seat rails and a pair armrests. The backupholstery is slightly arcuate, so that the lateral sides of the backupholstery each connect a pair of V-shaped linking plate. The feature is in that the linking plates each has a positioning rod for positioning a pair of upper adjustment pieces and a pair of lower adjustment pieces on two L-shaped handles. The upper and lower adjustment pieces each has a slit and at least a positioning groove such that the positioning rods on the vertical portion of the handles may respectively engage with the slits in the upper and lower adjustment pieces which have a stopping portion for preventing the positioning rods from sliding outward but engages within the positioning grooves. The backupholstery may be move horizontally and/or obliquely as the positioning rods selectively engage the positioning grooves foreword or backward relative to the adjustment pieces. The present invention will become more fully understood by reference to the following detailed description thereof when read in conjunction with the attached drawings. With reference to the drawings and initiated from Based on the afore-discussed structure, the assembly of the backupholstery 20 to the handles 16 as shown in If performing horizontal adjustment, one has to move the bases of the positioning rods 22 foreword or backward relative to the V-shaped linking plates 21. Referring to Note that the specification relating to the above embodiment should be construed as exemplary rather than as limiting of the present invention, with many variations and modifications being readily attainable by a person of average skill in the art without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents. |