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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Invacare Corporation, Elyria, OH (US);
Inventor:
Robert Bekoscke, Medina, OH (US);
Assignee:
INVACARE CORPORATION, Elyria, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/1078 (2016.11); A61G 5/1089 (2016.11);
Abstract
Embodiments of a wheelchair and suspension system are provided. The suspension includes a drive assembly that is pivotably connected to a base frame at multiple locations. In one embodiment, the connection is via intermediary pivoting links or arms. Embodiments of the links or arms including rigid links, resilient links, elastic links, shocks, springs, gas cylinders and lockable gas cylinders (or combinations of the foregoing). The drive assembly can, via the pivot connections, pivot to accommodate and traverse variations and obstacles on ground surfaces.