A wheelchair-stroller linkage adapter having a wheelchair-frame connector 38 (e.g. clamps 74), a stroller-frame receiver 40 (e.g. socket 80) for engaging rear of a stroller, the pivot-locked mono-directional rear wheel of the pram removed, a connector body 42 interconnecting the wheelchair-frame connector 38 and stroller-frame receiver 40; and a castor wheel 44 pivotably about the vertical axis engaged with the connector body 42. The wheel 44 may be biased to locked in a mono-direction by a displaceable trigger 92. The connector 42 may have two portions 58, 60 to enable pivoting between the portions 58, 60, and a telescopic extender 58 for adjusting an offset between the wheelchair and the stroller, with positive indexing locators. The linking adapter may include brakes. Two adaptors (A1, A2) linked via a bridging member (34, fig 2) may be required. Also claimed a method of use, a stroller with the adapter incorporated, and a wheelchair-stroller assembly.
Wheelchair-Stroller adapter, method of adapting a stroller for a wheelchair, stroller adapted for a wheelchair, and wheelchair-stroller assembly
03.01.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62B Von Hand bewegte Fahrzeuge, z.B. Handkarren oder Kinderwagen , HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte |
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