Patents Assigned to Handi-Trak Incorporated
  • Wheelchair traction device for snow and ice
    Patent number: 5261470
    Abstract: A snow chain traction kit for the drive wheels of a wheelchair, the kit including a number of pairs of attachment strips for each wheel and a traction strap for each pair of strips, each of the straps having a plurality of chains for providing traction on ice or snow and each pair of strips being mounted on opposite sides of the wheels, with the straps wrapped around the tire and being attached to one pair of strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Handi-Trak Incorporated
    Inventors: Randy D. Genaw, Mark A. Kappel, Christopher J. Wieloch, Thomas J. Pokrzywinski
  • Positive, drive conversion kit for motorized wheelchair
    Patent number: 5033993
    Abstract: A conversion kit for connecting a friction drive system for a motorized wheelchair to a positive drive system which includes a cog wheel, a strip of metallic material having a number of cogs stamped at equally spaced intervals and a belt having internal cogs for matingly engaging the cog wheel and metallic strip and the method of conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Handi-Trak Incorporated
    Inventors: Randy D. Genaw, Mark A. Kappel, Christopher J. Wieloch, Thomas J. Pokrzywinski