(19)
(11) EP 1 151 737 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/45

(21) Application number: 01201584.8

(22) Date of filing: 01.05.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61G 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 01.05.2000 NL 1015070

(71) Applicant: Movingpeople.net International B.V.
5705 BZ Helmond (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Van Houten, Frank
    5704 LD Helmond (NL)

(74) Representative: Wittop Koning, Tom Hugo 
Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V., P.O. Box 3241
2280 GE Rijswijk
2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)

   


(54) Wheelchair and undercarriage for a wheelchair


(57) Described is an undercarriage comprising two bearing arms which extend parallel to each other and near at least one end thereof are each provided with a rotatable wheel, which bearing arms are connected to a first carriage part in a rotatable manner, and the bearing arms are interconnected at a distance from the first carriage part by a first substantially rigid connecting arm which is connected to the two bearing arms in a vertically pivoting manner. The connecting arm is connected to the carriage, with the interposition of at least one spring element. An undercarriage for such a wheelchair is also described.







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