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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter E Schaffner, Shavertown, PA (US);
James P Mulhern, Hunlock Creek, PA (US);
Stephen J Antonishak, Alden, PA (US);
Gerald J White, Hunlock Creek, PA (US);
Assignee:
Pride Mobility Products, Corporation, Exeter, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 651 ; 180907 ; 1802501 ;
Abstract
A curb-climbing front wheel drive power wheelchair has a frame, a seat connected to the frame, a pair of drive wheels connected to the frame and rotatable about a transverse axis below a portion of the seat supporting the wheelchair occupant's thighs. The power wheelchair also has at least one ground-engaging idler wheel connected to the frame behind the drive wheels and anti-tip wheels forward of the drive wheels, rigidly connected to the motors for pivotal movement.