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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Takashi Sakano, Hikone, JP;
Teruhiko Hiruta, Higashioumi, JP;
Takashi Sakano, Hikone, JP;
Teruhiko Hiruta, Higashioumi, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wheelchair-fixing device, a wheelchair-loadable vehicle, and a wheelchair system capable of ensuring the safety by securely fixing a wheelchair even against a collision of an automobile when the wheelchair is put in the automobile and also ensuring the easy operation for mounting the wheelchair to the automobile. A wheelchair-fixing device for fixing a wheelchair to a vehicle comprises a front holding member for holding a front portion of the wheelchair from the front side, and a derrick-type locking mechanism which holds a rear portion of the wheelchair with a rear holding member from the rear side by the raising operation thereof from a floor member. The front holding member holds the wheelchair at a position close to the feet of the occupant and the rear holding member holds the wheelchair at a position below the seat.