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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Mamoru Satou, Akishima, JP;
Inventor:
Mamoru Satou, Akishima, JP;
Assignee:
France Bed & Co., Ltd., Akishima-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/12 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/10 (2013.01); A61G 2005/1054 (2013.01); A61G 2005/1083 (2013.01); A61G 2005/1089 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a vehicle frame, front wheel which is formed of a universal caster, a pair of rear wheels, and a lift-up wheel which is formed of a universal caster and is provided at a lower portion of the rear end part of the vehicle frame such that the lift-up wheel is capable of being elevated between a ground-contact position and a non-ground-contact position by an elevation mechanism, the lift-up wheel being configured such that the lift-up wheel, together with the front wheel, movably supports the vehicle frame in a lowered state of the lift-up wheel at the ground-contact position.