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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2008
Applicant:
Heinrich Perk, Aglasterhausen, DE;
Inventor:
Heinrich Perk, Aglasterhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH, Duderstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An upright wheelchair with a chassis (), a seat () arranged pivotably on the chassis (), which can be pivoted from a substantially horizontal seating position to a substantially vertical standing position during upright motion, and at least one footrest () arranged on the chassis (), which is lowered to the ground in the standing position, is characterised in that when the seat () is in the seating position the footrest () is inclined at an angle (α) relative to the horizontal (H) and the angle (α) returns to zero during upright motion.