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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Bart Kylstra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Martin Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Kerrel, Oakland, CA (US);
Bart Kylstra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Martin Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Kerrel, Oakland, CA (US);
Daedalus Wings, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly for attaching auxiliary equipment to a wheelchair includes multiple adjustment features. In the preferred embodiment, different wheelchair widths may be accommodated by utilizing attachment arms that pivot co-axially with a main column of the auxiliary equipment. The mounting assembly preferably includes a pair of arms and a pair of links that extend from the arms. The lengths of the links and the arms may be adjusted by rotation of a rod portion of each arm and each link, but other means for enabling changes in length are possible. The links are preferably pivotally connected to the arms, so that the distance between the ends can be varied on the basis of the particular wheelchair. Ball-and-socket joints are used, but rotatability of the sockets permits flexibility of the orientations of the joints. Additionally, a vernier adjustment effect may be included to permit adjustments in the angle of the main column.