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(11) EP 1 287 802 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10

(21) Application number: 02004946.6

(22) Date of filing: 05.03.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61G 5/08, A61G 5/12
(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: 30.08.2001 JP 2001261656

(71) Applicants:
  • Yamasaki, Ryuji
    Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Shizume, Takeharu
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamasaki, Ryuji
    Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Shizume, Takeharu
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Reclinable wheelchair


(57) A reclinable wheelchair which allows a user seated therein to adjust the inclination angle of a seat back rest by himself, and is foldable in the width direction. The reclinable wheelchair comprises a frame foldable in the width direction, a seat assembly arranged in the frame, a seat back rest arranged on a back side of the seat assembly of the frame for pivotal movements between an upright position and an inclined position, actuators for driving the seat back rest and capable of holding the seat back rest at an arbitrary position between the upright position and the inclined position, a reclining lever arranged at a position which allows the user to manipulate, for manipulating the actuators, and a head rest attached to the frame. The head rest is comprised of a head rest body, and an attachment coupled to the left and right ends of the frame and folded up on the width direction as the frame is folded.






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