Abstract: A wheelchair having at least one pivotal wheel which is steerable in a mar which does not interfere with the manual driving of the wheelchair, by providing a pair of levers linked to the pivotal wheel or wheels and actuable by movement of the upper body of a user of the chair, each lever being movable to steer the wheelchair in one respective direction only.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 1980
Date of Patent:
December 21, 1982
Assignee:
The School of Bioengineering and Biophysics of the University of Dundee