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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Sunrise Medical (Us) Llc, Fresno, CA (US);
Thomas R. Hetzel, Littleton, CO (US);
Joseph S. Bieganek, Littleton, CO (US);
Eric Vielbig, Golden, CO (US);
Karl L. Youngdahl, Denver, CO (US);
Joshua A. Middel, Littleton, CO (US);
Sunrise Medical (US) LLC, Fresno, CA (US);
Abstract
A wheelchair back support adjustment assembly that utilizes a swivel assembly is disclosed. This swivel assembly provides an entirety of an interconnection between the wheelchair back support adjustment assembly and a back support of a wheelchair. The wheelchair back support adjustment assembly may also include a linkage that interfaces with the swivel assembly. Opposite end portions of the linkage are connectable with a corresponding cane of a wheelchair. The configuration of the wheelchair back support adjustment assembly accommodates a variety of adjustments, to correspondingly adjust a back support of a wheelchair when in an installed configuration (e.g., to customize the back support to a user of the wheelchair). These adjustments may be through one or more adjustments of the swivel assembly, one or more adjustments adjustment of the linkage, or both.