Abstract: A wheelchair comprises a frame which supports the wheels, the seat, back rest, and foot rests of the wheelchair. The seat, the back rest, and the foot rests are adjustable in relation to one another. The frame comprises a lower and an upper frame section. On the lower frame section there are disposed the wheels of the wheelchair, and on the upper frame section there are disposed the seat, the back rest, and the foot rests. The wheelchair has an adjustment device for vertical adjustment of the upper frame section in relation to the lower.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2006
Assignee:
Etac Ab
Inventors:
Bo Lindkvist, Morgan Ferm, Leif Dahlberg, Magnus Riisgaard, Gunnar Sundström
Abstract: A walker or rollator has a first frame section (1) fitted with handles (6) and pivotally connected to a second frame section (2) such that the rollator can be collapsed. Stays (9, 11) extend between the frame sections (1, 2) and are pivotally secured in each respective frame section and which, in a locking position, maintain the rollator in the position of use. A seat surface (15) is, with a first edge portion, pivotally connected to a joint (13) which connects the stays (9, 11) to one another, and with a second edge portion supportable on support member (16) on the one stay (11) adjacent the joint connection (12) thereof with the frame section (1). The load of the user on the seat surface (15) influences the stays (9, 11) towards the locking position.