Global Patent Index - EP 0759735 B1

EP 0759735 B1 19980923 - COMBINATION WHEELCHAIR AND WALKER

Title (en)

COMBINATION WHEELCHAIR AND WALKER

Title (de)

KOMBINATION VON ROLLSTUHL UND GEHHILFE

Title (fr)

FAUTEUIL ROULANT ET DEAMBULATEUR COMBINES

Publication

EP 0759735 B1 19980923 (EN)

Application

EP 95919335 A 19950516

Priority

  • DK 9500192 W 19950516
  • DK 55494 A 19940516

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9531169A1] A chair for handicapped or elderly persons walking with a difficulty comprises a chair frame (10), a chair seat (11) mounted on the chair frame, wheels (17, 18, 28) mounted on the chair frame for supporting the chair on a ground or floor surface so that the contact points (29-31) between the wheels and the floor surface define the vertices of a polygon, and hand grips (19) formed on the chair frame to be gripped by a person pushing the chair. At least one (17) of the wheels and/or the hand grips (19) may be mounted in first and second alternative positions. In the first position a resulting downwardly directed force (F) applied to the hand grips (19) by a user of the chair intersects the ground or floor surface inside said polygon and spaced from the sides thereof. In the second position the resulting downwardly directed force (F) applied to the hand grips (19) intersects the ground or floor surface outside said polygon or closely adjacent to a side thereof. In said first position the chair may be pushed by and support a walking or standing handicapped person. In the second position the chair may be used for transporting a sitting handicapped person and the chair may be pushed by an assisting person.

IPC 1-7

A61G 5/00; A61H 3/04

IPC 8 full level

A61G 5/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/04 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61H 3/04 (2013.01); A61H 2003/002 (2013.01); A61H 2003/046 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0161 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1633 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT DE DK FR GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9531169 A1 19951123; AT E171367 T1 19981015; AU 2521995 A 19951205; DE 69504968 D1 19981029; EP 0759735 A1 19970305; EP 0759735 B1 19980923; JP H10500043 A 19980106

DOCDB simple family (application)

DK 9500192 W 19950516; AT 95919335 T 19950516; AU 2521995 A 19950516; DE 69504968 T 19950516; EP 95919335 A 19950516; JP 52929795 A 19950516