Body Movably Supported Relative To Wheels Patents (Class 280/47.41)
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Patent number: 7832744Abstract: A stroller includes a main frame, a backrest, a backrest adjustor, and a linkage device. There is a guide rail formed inside the backrest adjustor. A positioning part of the backrest engages with the guide rail. When a handle of the linkage device is moved upward, a connecting component of the linkage device drives a pushing component of the linkage device to move upward along a supporting rod of the backrest. Accordingly, a protruding portion of the pushing component drives the backrest adjustor to rotate relative to a supporting frame of the main frame so as to release the positioning part from the guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Ru-Yi Li
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Patent number: 7798516Abstract: A changing table that is secured to most types of conventional baby carriages. The changing table is deployed from a fixed position on the baby carriage to take into account the proper weight, size and space requirements necessary to change a small child. When the changing table is not in use, it may be retracted and ultimately stowed into the baby carriage in an unobtrusive position. In this manner, the changing table becomes a useful, mobile alternative to those people who typically must seek out a safe, clean and adequate surface to change their small children.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Inventor: Holli L. Homan
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Patent number: 7784802Abstract: A transport carriage for the installation and removal of doors, allows the door to be raised or lowered and aligned before removal from the device. The device is capable of installing standard and pre-hung doors at both the finish and sub-floor stage of construction.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Inventor: Daniel Mark White
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Patent number: 7784815Abstract: The invention relates to a stand-up wheelchair for handicapped people and invalids, comprising a frame (2) supporting a hinged structure (12), supporting a seat back (D), a seat (A), a footrest (R) and being mobile between a seated position (P1) and an upright position (P2), characterized in that the hinged structure comprises a hinged support system of the seat (A) and of the seat back (D) which comprises at least an upper side rail (14, 15), a lower side rail (35) and front (27) and rear (20) spacers carrying a seat back upright and maneuvering means (50) which are interposed between the frame (2) and the lower side rail (35) and which are adapted, by displacement of the lower side rail, on the one hand, to ensure adjustment of the inclination of the seat back upright (24, 25) when the upper side rail (14, 15) is supported on a seat bearing (52, 53) and, on the other hand, to verticalize the hinged structure (12) when the front spacer (27) has reached its maximum return position.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Lifestand “Vivre Debout”Inventor: Francois Porcheron
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Patent number: 7716759Abstract: A patient transport apparatus. The patient transport apparatus of the present invention is articulated and sized to fit between the body and the open door of virtually all vehicles. Further, the patient transport apparatus uses a height-adjustable seat that is aligned with the vehicle seat to allow for simplified extraction of the patient from the vehicle. The height-adjustable seat lowers to just above ground height making the recovery of a fallen patient easier. A set of casters allows omni-directional travel of the patient transport apparatus for precise placement and a pair of primary motion wheels makes linear travel easier while providing a turning radius substantially approaching zero.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Inventor: William A. Wilder
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Patent number: 7658399Abstract: A stroller includes at least one adapter, by which a first child seat is configured to be detachably connected to the stroller. The stroller further includes at least one connecting piece, by which a second child seat is configured to be detachably connected to the stroller. The at least one adapter is movable from at least a first position, in which the first child seat is configured to be detachably connected to the adapter, to at least a second position connected to the stroller, in which the second child seat is configured to be detachably connected to the connecting piece.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.Inventor: John Gert Til Van Dijk
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Patent number: 7618055Abstract: The present invention relates to a diaper changing station in connection with a stroller. The diaper changing station is attached to the stroller. When stored, the changing station does not detract from the appearance of the stroller. The changing station may be opened for use. The changing station is formed of a waterproof material for easy cleanup. In one embodiment, the changing station includes a bed and frame which are folded and stored below the seat of the stroller. The frame extends the bed from between the legs of the stroller to create a surface for the changing station. In other embodiments, the seat of the stroller is formed of multiple parts which are convertible from an upholstered seat to a changing station.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Inventors: Khai Gan Kenneth Chuah, Fong Yong Jane Khor
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Patent number: 7614639Abstract: A modular standing frame is described herein. The modular standing frame has a chair module adapted to raise and lower a user between sitting and standing postures without inducing shear between the user and the seat and seat back of the chair module. The chair module may be selectively coupled to one of a glider module adapted to provide walking-type exercise to a standing user, a workstation module that provides a work surface for a sitting or standing user, and a mobility module that allows the standing frame to be moved about by a user much like a wheel chair.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventors: Alan L. Tholkes, Wesley Ovre, Gabriel Routh, Jeffrey Schmidt, Michael Lokken, Duffy Trotter, Tamera Trotter, legal representative
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Patent number: 7547026Abstract: A wheelbarrow has a frame, having a top portion (12) and an undercarriage portion (14). There is an open topped vessel (15) mounted on the top portion (12) of the frame, and a pair of handle bars (16, 17) extending rearwardly and integrally from the top portion (12) of the frame. The wheelbarrow also has a pair of ground engagable legs (18, 19), and a front wheel (20) is connected to a front part of the undercarriage portion (14) of the frame, and a rear wheel (21) is connected to a rear part of the undercarriage portion (14) of the frame. The rear wheel (21) is aligned with the front wheel (20). There are pivot axis means (22, 24, 25) of the wheelbarrow for allowing the top portion (12) of the frame to pivot relative to the undercarriage portion (14) of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Inventor: Richard J. Morris
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Patent number: 7484594Abstract: A transporting device has a frame with wheels for rolling over a surface. At the upper end of the frame are a pair of hooks for receiving the rungs of a ladder. The hooks can be replaced with a planar surface for transporting long objects such as pipes or boards.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Inventors: Angel M. Feliciano, Jr., Thomas G. Bryant, Sr.
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Patent number: 7478825Abstract: A frame with telescopic closure particularly for pushchairs or the like, comprising two front posts and two rear posts that are connected in a downward region to respective wheels and are kinematically connected to each other, the frame being provided in an upward region with two handle posts that can move with respect to the front posts and the rear posts in order to pass from an extended active position to a retracted folding position, the frame further comprising two upper auxiliary posts, each of which is connected rigidly to a respective handle post and has at least one engagement portion for a corresponding lateral covering wing that is connected to a corresponding side of the back of a seat that is supported by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: L'Inglesina Baby S.p.A.Inventors: Ivan Tomasi, Lino Groppo
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Patent number: 7472920Abstract: A retractable bed mechanism is disclosed. The bed mechanism comprises a sitting pad, a sitting back, a leg seat and a base seat interconnected by a plurality of linking rods and two driving means. The driving means drives the linking rods so as to drive the sitting pad, the sitting back and the leg seat so as to provide various sitting or laying or upright position to the user which facilitates face to face conversation or accessible to objects or other activities.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Inventor: Chang-Wei Chai
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Publication number: 20080303232Abstract: A seat assembly mechanism for a stroller has a seat frame and a main frame. The seat assembly mechanism includes a positioning device and a seat supporting member. The positioning device is disposed on the seat frame and includes a positioning pin movable between a locking position and a releasing position. The seat supporting member is disposed on the main frame, and includes a positioning-device recipient corresponding to the positioning device and a positioning groove located at a side of the positioning-device recipient. Furthermore, the positioning device is detachably assembled to the seat supporting member, and the positioning pin inserts into the positioning groove when the positioning device is disposed in the positioning-device recipient of the seat supporting member for assembling the seat frame to the main frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Ze-Hua Yi
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Patent number: 7448633Abstract: A pediatric assistance device useful in enabling a pediatric patient to participate in developmental and social stimulus during medical interventions.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Inventor: Mary Patrice Mollick
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Publication number: 20080252028Abstract: A shock-absorbing device for a toy stroller includes a first member and a second member. An end of the first member is coupled with a lower end of one of a pair of cross-hinged beams of the toy stroller. The other end of the first member includes a base with an extension. An end of the second member is coupled with a wheel frame of the toy stroller. The other end of the second member has two spaced lateral walls and a top wall interconnected between the lateral walls, defining a compartment with a bottom opening for removably receiving the base and the extension. An inner face of a lateral wall of the other end of the second member includes a groove and a slot for respectively receiving a protrusion on the extension and an engaging block on the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventor: Ming-Tai Huang
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Patent number: 7422223Abstract: This invention is a lumbar-friendly cargo carrier sled that can be used by humans to move cargo across rough or snow covered terrain and is adapted for use in conjunction with skis or wheels. The sled has an adjustable harness that articulates, by pivoting about three points in two planes. The sled frame itself flexes under dynamic loading conditions to absorb shock, and the harness is adjustable in length to transfer the majority of the load more directly onto the pelvic girdle region via a curved hip plate. The overall result is a lumbar—friendly pack sled that has the capability of maximizing the load that can be transported while minimizing the strain upon the human body.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Inventor: David Joseph Silliman
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Publication number: 20080179848Abstract: ABSTRACT A people carrier and/or a person carrying device for a people carrier, wherein the person carrying device comprises a frame and is convertible from a seat configuration that supports a person in a substantially sitting position into a basket configuration that supports the person in a substantially lying position and/or vice-versa. An angle of inclination of a first frame component that creates a backrest in the seat configuration is adjustable relative to a main frame of the people carrier via a first turning unit. The frame further comprises a second frame component that creates a seat surface in the seat configuration, wherein an angle between the first and second frame components is adjustable, independently of the first turning unit, via a second turning unit that connects the first and second frame components. A third frame component may create a footrest at an adjustable angle via a third turning unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: ILINKO LTD.Inventor: Jon Lake
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Patent number: 7396027Abstract: The self-braking wheelbarrow of the present invention comprises a wheelbarrow bin assembly mounted so as to pivot relative to an undercarriage assembly whereby the bin assembly interferes with the wheels on the undercarriage assembly causing a friction on the tread of the wheel and restricting the rotation of the wheel. In normal usage the undercarriage assembly is secured to the wheelbarrow bin assembly by securing latches. Braking is accomplished by selectively releasing securing latches, thereby permitting the wheelbarrow to pivot, and lifting the handles as if to move the wheelbarrow. The braking force applied to the tread on the wheel is proportional to the bin load thereby resulting in higher braking force with higher bin loads.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Inventor: August Otto Lovmark
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Publication number: 20080150247Abstract: A connecting device for detachably connecting a first and second component of a people carrier comprises a locking unit with a first locking element that interacts with the first component, a second locking element that interacts with the second component, and at least one actuation device. The locking unit comprises a locking position in which the first and second locking elements mechanically engage each other, and an unlocking position in which the mechanical grip is released. The first and/or second locking elements are moveable by the actuation device to transfer the locking unit into the locking and/or unlocking position. The actuation unit may comprise first and second actuation devices that, when actuated, cause the first and/or second locking element to move from a locking position into an unlocking position, or vice-versa. The first and second actuation devices can be actuated from different sides of the connecting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: iLinko Ltd.Inventor: Jon Lake
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Patent number: 7390011Abstract: This is a device, which will allow the storage of laundry in the upright position but also allow the device to be stowed easily when not storing laundry. Because of the ability of the device to be compressed, stowage is easily accomplished. Handles are provided on the top surface of the hamper for ease of storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Inventor: Kheam Hem
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Patent number: 7377525Abstract: A portable worktable has a frame, top, legs, and latches. The frame has rails, a plate perpendicular to the rails, and supports beneath the rails for wheels. The top mounts upon runners hinged to the front and rear upper legs at the corners of the worktable. The worktable secures the top and the front upper legs perpendicular with a hinge assembly. The top holds cargo upon hooks. The front lower legs have casters while the rear lower legs end near the wheels. The hinge assemblies secure the upper and lower legs individually but have hinges for folding the legs towards the center of each rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Inventor: Andrew Whitmore
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Patent number: 7364183Abstract: A seat rotating device for a baby stroller includes a rotation unit connected to an underside of the seat and two insertions on two sides of an underside of the rotation unit are inserted into a positioning unit. The rotation unit has a disk and the seat is connected to the disk. The disk has a plurality of positioning holes defined in a periphery thereof. The disk is pivotably connected to a base by a shaft extending through a center of the disk and the base. The base has two wings and the two insertions are inserted into the wings. Each wing has a biasing member inserted therein which his connected with a cable. The biasing member is inserted into one of the positioning holes to position the disk and the seat at an angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Inventor: Tsung-Daw Lee
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Patent number: 7320471Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a toddler seat to a pram or stroller having a framework is disclosed. The mounting arrangement includes a first support element that is pivotably attached to the framework and a second support element connected to the first support element. Also included is a mounting portion to attach the toddler seat. The second support element in a first deployed configuration is attachable to the framework to configure the mounting arrangement for the seating of a toddler and the second support element is further releasable from the framework to allow the mounting arrangement to fold or collapse to a compact folded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Britax Childcare Pty LtdInventor: Wieslaw Maciejczyk
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Patent number: 7290777Abstract: A transportable device, such as a cart, for transporting and elevating an imaging media cartridge into a press printer may include a base platform, first and second elevation members disposed thereon, a panel disposed between the first and second elevation members, and first and second elevator platforms. The panel may include a pair of opposite vertical faces along which the elevator platforms slide to mutually exchange elevations by vertically sliding the platforms in opposite directions. The device may be used for a method of transporting and elevating an imaging media cartridge into a press printer at an installation height above a floor. Additionally, the device may be used for a method of removing and storing an imaging media cartridge from a press printer at an installation height above the floor.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Todd K. Preston, Richard A. Kalb, James J. Spence
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Patent number: 7281724Abstract: A wheel work chair has all the attributes and style of an office chair but is equipped with wheelchair-type supporting wheels The chair is height adjustable with the upper portion of the chair moving relative to the lower portion of the chair. Wheels connected to the upper portion of the chair move with the chair seat as the height of the chair is adjusted. Wheels connected to the lower portion of the chair remain on the ground as the height of the chair is adjusted. A static surface is provided on the arm of a height adjustable chair to support the weight of a user while that chair is being raised.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Inventor: John E. Larson
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Patent number: 7175188Abstract: Device for transporting a load comprises a chassis including two longitudinal girders crossing each other so as to form the general shape of an asymmetrical X, the height of the V of the upper portion being equal to N times the height of the V of the lower portion (e.g. N=3). A device for support on the ground is arranged at the lower end of the lower V. while the ends of the legs of the upper V comprise handles. Braces are provided to ensure a parallelism between an axis of a supporting element of the support device, and a straight line connecting the ends of the handles. The load is placed at least partially on a seat formed by two cross members that are arranged on either side of the crossing point of the longitudinal girders.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Inventor: Francois Joncourt
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Patent number: 7134681Abstract: A handle assembly for converting a conventional yard cart for use in the manner of a wheelbarrow includes an L-shaped handle including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. A socket member is connected to the yard cart tow bar which is normally coupled to a garden tractor. The handle member is connected to the socket member after the tow bar is uncoupled from the garden tractor thereby enabling the yard cart to be guided and moved by an operator in the manner of a wheelbarrow.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Inventor: Michael Timothy Jones
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Patent number: 7014204Abstract: A rocking wheelchair is provided with multiple adjustable features to meet various needs of different users with respect to safety, comfortableness and user/caregiver convenience. The rocking wheelchair includes an adjustable maximum rocking motion setting for users to select a preferable maximum rocking motion within a predetermined safety range. Rock/tilt locking mechanisms enable the seat assembly to be locked in either a normally unoccupied position or one of a plurality of tilt positions. The footrests can be selectively attached to either the frame for supporting the user's feet in a stationary position, or to the seat assembly to rock together therewith. The wheelchair can also be adjusted in height and is formed with a relatively simple configuration which is convenient for manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: AMG Medical Inc.Inventors: Danny Meyers, Philip Delbuey, Ken Levesque, Cris Boar, Wei Xiao
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Patent number: 6991241Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a child safety seat includes a wheeled assembly a clamping bracket for applying a clamping force to the back of the child safety seat and positioning members to ensure that the apparatus is properly positioned relative thereto. The apparatus with attached child safety seat may be wheeled on the ground by a person using one hand. The apparatus is fully detachable from the child safety seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Go-Go Babyz Corp.Inventors: Kenneth P. Ostrow, Kerry Williams
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Patent number: 6981709Abstract: The apparatus is a highly maneuverable, curb mounting double baby stroller. To improve maneuverability, the rear wheels are placed closer than usual to the front wheels, decreasing the wheelbase and providing greater leverage between the rear wheels and the rear handle. To compensate for the instability caused by the reduced wheelbase, a trailing support is provided behind the rear wheels. The trailing support may be a simple bar extension or have small wheels. The trailing support can be unlatched to permit it to pivot for lifting the front wheels to mount a curb.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Inventor: Nathanael Saint
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Patent number: 6874799Abstract: A folding hand truck comprising an upper frame, a middle frame, a lower frame, a platform, and a dual wheel assembly. The lower end of the upper frame is rotatably connected to the upper end of the middle frame, and the upper end of the middle frame is rotatably connected to the upper end of the lower frame, and the respective ends contain locking pins for locking the upper frame, middle frame, and lower frame in a substantially coplanar orientation. The platform is rotatably connected to the bottom of the lower frame such that the rear edge of the platform contacts the lower end of the lower frame in the operative position. The dual wheel assembly has a central bracket mounted to the rear side of the lower frame and has two rotatable wheel brackets capable of being locked in both operative and folded positions. When in the folded position, the platform folds into the lower frame, which folds into the middle frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Inventors: James D. Robberson, Beverly J Robberson
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Patent number: 6866288Abstract: A convertible wheelchair is provided along with a separable lift module for engaging and elevating the convertible wheelchair to a selected elevation. A coupling assembly is operative associated with the lift module and adapted to extend therefrom to where the coupling assembly attaches to the convertible wheelchair. In one embodiment, the coupling assembly comprises a three-point attachment that results in the wheelchair being connected to the coupling assembly and hence the separable lift system at three points. Once coupled to the lift system, the convertible wheelchair, with a patient supported therein, can be raised to a selected elevation. Thereafter, the wheelchair can be converted from a chair configuration to any one of several examination configurations.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Inventor: Willis Martin
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Patent number: 6830254Abstract: A stroller includes a seat frame, a backrest with a supporting frame pivoted to the seat frame, and a positioning unit including a positioning seat formed with a first engaging member, a second engaging member mounted movably on the supporting frame and movable between engaging and disengaging positions, and an urging member for urging the second engaging member to move to the engaging position. The second engaging member presses downwardly against the first engaging member by urging action of the urging member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Inventor: Red Lan
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Patent number: 6802514Abstract: A stroller that accepts and supports various types of child's car seats is easily converted from its operational state to its storage state by actuating a latching mechanism. The stroller includes a lever which facilitates the removal of the child's car seat. A seat assembly can be attached to the stroller to convert the stroller from a child's car seat carrier to a toddler stroller. The seat assembly remains in the upright position when the stroller is converted from the storage state to the operational state.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2001Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Worth Pfaff Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Ronald K. Worth, Eric G. Pfaff
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Patent number: 6793232Abstract: Disclosed is a wheelchair for a patient comprising a support frame, at least two main wheels mounted on sides of the support frame and a seat base disposed upon the support frame. Alternatively, a stretcher topping may be mounted upon a laterally slidable storage compartment that may be affixed to the support frame. The stretcher topping includes a seat base assembly having a removable seat panel stacked upon a potty panel with an aperture formed therethrough and opening into the storage compartment. The potty panel allows for evacuation of the patient while resting in the wheelchair. The seat base and the stretcher topping are configured for selectively raising and lowering the patient between first and second levels. At least one security beam is disposed on the wheelchair and may be configured as a hand hold for steadying the patient when transferring onto and off of the seat base.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: O-Matic Corp.Inventor: Thomas W. Wing
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Patent number: 6702306Abstract: A pushchair of the type which includes a chassis which is born upon one or more primary wheels on a primary wheel bearing axis, the chassis further having one or more forward and/or rear secondary wheel(s) or stabilizer(s) that in normal use of the pushchair during horizontal travel is/are not ground engaging but which limit tilting of the pushchair about the primary axis, the pushchair being characterized in that it further includes a selectively operable stabilizer which may be deployed to bring a prop into ground engagement to substantially prevent tilting of the pushchair about the primary wheel axis when the pushchair is stationary.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Inventor: Andrew Ockwell
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Patent number: 6588527Abstract: A device for automatically rocking a stroller. Winding structure includes a connecting rod, whose first end is eccentrically mounted to the spring structure and whose second end is equally eccentrically mounted to the wheel axle extension so that the forward movement of the stroller winds the spring structure. The rocking structure includes a rod whose far end is mounted eccentrically to the wheel axle extension and whose forward end is less eccentrically mounted to the spring structure to ensure that the rod assumes a reciprocating motion during the unwinding of the spring structure. The user switches from winding mode to rocking mode. In an alternative embodiment a first rod attached to the shaft includes a lever that assumes different positions, the different lever positions changing the degree to which a second rod is eccentrically mounted to the spring structure and determining whether the device is in winding or rocking mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Inventors: William S. Lerner, Edward R. Green
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Publication number: 20030098562Abstract: A device for automatically rocking a stroller. Winding structure includes a connecting rod, whose first end is eccentrically mounted to the spring structure and whose second end is equally eccentrically mounted to the wheel axle extension so that the forward movement of the stroller winds the spring structure. The rocking structure includes a rod whose far end is mounted eccentrically to the wheel axle extension and whose forward end is less eccentrically mounted to the spring structure to ensure that the rod assumes a reciprocating motion during the unwinding of the spring structure. The user switches from winding mode to rocking mode. In an alternative embodiment a first rod attached to the shaft includes a lever that assumes different positions, the different lever positions changing the degree to which a second rod is eccentrically mounted to the spring structure and determining whether the device is in winding or rocking mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: William S. Lerner, Edward R. Green
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Patent number: 6394476Abstract: The invention pertains to wheelchairs, and more particularly, to a wheelchair seat having a seat back member which substantially maintains a constant vertical angle when the seat bottom or rail is pivotably raised and lowered. Accordingly, the angle between a seat back and seat rail is changed during adjustment of the seat rail.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventor: James H. Molnar
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Patent number: 6322097Abstract: A stroller includes a stroller frame, a backrest, left and right positioning members movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and a releasing unit including a pulling member, left and right pushing members mounted movably on the backrest for moving the left and right positioning members to the unlocking position, and left and right urging members that urge respectively the left and right pushing members to move away from the left and right positioning members. The pulling member includes a rod member mounted movably on the backrest, a connecting block connected to the rod member and having a through-hole, and a single flexible string passing through the through-hole and extending sidewisely from the through-hole to be connected to the left and right pushing members.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2000Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Inventor: Red Lan
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Patent number: 6302412Abstract: A stroller that accepts and supports various types of child's car seats is easily converted from its operational state to its storage state by actuating a latching mechanism. The stroller includes a lever which facilitates the removal of the child's car seat. A seat assembly can be attached to the stroller to convert the stroller from a child's car seat carrier to a toddler stroller. The seat assembly remains in the upright position when the stroller is converted from the storage state to the operational state.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Worth Pfaff Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Ronald K. Worth, Eric G. Pfaff
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Patent number: 6286844Abstract: A stroller includes a frame, a stroller seat coupled to the frame, and a pair of romovable carrier-support adapters positioned and mounted to support a romovable infant carrier on the frame and above the stroller seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1998Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.Inventors: Richard E. Cone, II, Richard Glover, Dennis M. Turner
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Publication number: 20010013689Abstract: An apparatus comprising a stroller including a frame, a stroller seat having side rails, and a swing unit coupled between the side rail and frame to support the stroller seat on the frame, an infant carrier, carrier-support adapters, each including a base selectively coupled to one of the side rails, and a carrier mount extending from the base and being selectively coupled to the infant carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.Inventors: Richard E. Cone, Richard Glover, Dennis M. Turner
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Patent number: 6250654Abstract: A car seat/stroller assembly with rocking mechanism that combines a car seat, a stroller and a spring motor driven rocking swing into one system of interconnectable assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Inventor: William N. Willis
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Patent number: 6247718Abstract: A wheelchair has a lifting device for raising and lowering the seat or frame of the wheelchair to permit a handicapped person to reach items above or below his reach. The lifting device includes four telescopic transmission elements that are driven in unison by a motor to raise or lower the seat or frame. When in a retracted position, the lifting device fits within the frame and below the seat of the wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1999Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Inventors: Dieter Gobbers, Walters Gobbers