87 results about "Seating wheelchair" patented technology

An apparatus and process for empowering those in wheelchairs and others with loss of limb control to walk, climb stairs, sit in ordinary chairs, use normal bathroom facilities and stand at normal height with their peers. It also provides a means to speed rehabilitation of the injured and a means to deliver more comfortable and effective prostheses while providing superior physical therapy without draining professional resources which includes new simulation and training means. Most of the apparatus is worn under normal clothing allowing them to enjoy a normal appearance. Additional advancements include improved actuator design, user interface, visual means and advanced responsive virtual reality.

The invention provides a shopping system for a wheelchair bound shopper comprising a wheelchair configured for use by the shopper, wherein the shopper is at least partially bound to the wheelchair and a motorized shopping cart for pulling itself and a wheelchair bound shopper in a store. The shopping cart comprises a base having a bottom side and a top side positioned oppositely to the bottom side of the base. At least three wheels are fixed to the underside of said base. Further provided is a basket attached to the top side of the base. The basket has a front, a back positioned oppositely to the front, and two sides positioned between the front and the back of the basket. A motor attached to at least one of the at least three wheels, the motor operating to propel at least one of the at least three wheels when actuated. The shopping cart also provides a handle attached to the back of the basket. The handle has a holding portion by which the shopper holds and maneuvers the shopping cart. The handle has a switch whereby the shopper actuates the motor of the shopping cart to move the shopping cart. At such actuation, the shopping cart moves forwardly and pulls the wheelchair bound shopper also. By such action, the wheel chair bound shopper is able to shop in a store though bound to a wheelchair using said shopping cart.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a ticket vending and purchasing system for preventing illegal activities, such as ticket scalping, and for returning a fair profit to the correct persons. A seat ticket auction method and system using the Internet 1 is provided. A user submits a tender for the auction of each seat while referring to a seating table, and also performs a search of an exhibition before submitting a tender during the auction. Further, when the seating table is referred to, information for a seat appropriate for a person in a wheelchair, and a simulation (view) of what a user will see of the stage from a seat are displayed on the terminal of the user. Three tender types, a personal tender, a complete group tender and an incomplete group tender can be selected. For the complete group tender, when a bid is not successful for all the members of the group, the bid is abandoned.

The present invention is a wheelchair scale adapter comprising a substantially planar platform defining a cut out near a center and side walls and a rear wall respectively projecting upwardly therefrom, and having legs adjustably attached thereto for providing added stability, particularly when loading and unloading a wheelchair from the platform; an access ramp hingedly connected to the front of the platform for allowing a wheelchair-bound person to be wheeled onto the platform; a typical bathroom scale, etc., attached to the lower surface of the platform; the invention being adapted for weighing a wheelchair and an occupant which has been wheeled onto the platform. The invention also comprises a ramp mounted on the platform, and associated linkage, for causing the access ramp to rotate upwardly out of contact with a surface on which the invention rests, so as to give a more accurate reading of the weight of a person and wheelchair on the platform. Finally, the invention includes a viewing means for allowing a wheelchair-bound user to more easily see the weight readout on the scale.

A highway motor vehicle is equipped to be driven by a handicapped person in a mobility chair. The preferred embodiment permits rear passenger seating commonly found in automobiles and includes a rear stowage compartment for purchased items. The vehicle has a powered hatch and ramp. This hatch and ramp permit a handicapped person to enter to the driving position in a wheelchair. Wheelchair wheel locks and seatbelts secure the wheelchair and handicapped person in place in the driver's position in the vehicle. The hatch is closable and the ramp withdrawable so that the vehicle is drivable on the highway. Collapsible and rotatable steering controls are either part of the front hatch or are rotatably mounted to the floor and moved into a position in front of the driver. Steering and other operational controls may be geared or electronic to suit the handicapped person's abilities.

A wheelchair includes a removable seat assembly that slides laterally sideways to either side of the wheelchair for assisting a seated wheelchair occupant onto a receiving seat, such as a vehicle seat.

A crib has two sets of bi-fold doors which allows access by a wheel-chair-bound care giver and is provided with childproof latches in the form of upper and lower spring-biased actuators which must be simultaneously activated to allow opening of the bi-fold doors. Spring-biased safety bars may additionally be positioned to prevent the bi-fold doors from being opened by an unauthorized person.

The invention discloses a municipal multi-function convenient service bus stop. The municipal multi-function convenient service bus stop comprises a base, a box is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the base, a ceiling is welded and fixed to the upper surface of the box, a controller is welded to the back surface of the box, the lower surface of the ceiling keeps contact with the controller, and a solar panel is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the ceiling through a bolt. According to the municipal multi-function convenient service bus stop, through a barrier-free channel mounted on the base and a supporting plate slidably connected to the upper surface of the base, through pushing of a hydraulic, one end of the supporting plate can be directly connected with the frontsteps of a bus door, so that vulnerable groups such as the elderly with inconvenient movement and the disabled in wheelchairs are able to rely on the supporting plate to get on a bus, and the practicality is high; and by arranging a guardrail and an induction door device, the passengers can be made to always be located in a station before boarding, orderly boarding is achieved, the passengers areprevented from falling off, electricity leakage is avoided by mounting a leakage protector, and the safety is high.

The invention discloses a symmetrical type full-interchange cross overpass with pedestrian-vehicle separation, which perfectly realizes pedestrian-vehicle separation without disturbance. For the humanized aspect of the overpass, non-motor vehicle lanes are designed at one layer of a horizontal plane so as to bring convenience for non-motor vehicles, pedestrians, the blind and the disabled sitting on wheelchairs; simultaneously, with the symmetrical type design, the trouble that drivers select a junction again for turning around or turning a corner when passing the overpass is avoided and the problem of going up the overpass easily but going down the overpass difficultly is solved. For the symmetrical type full-interchange cross overpass, the non-motor vehicle lanes, sidewalks and blind lanes are omitted, a layer is reduced, and the symmetrical type full-interchange cross overpass also can be used as a highway overpass. The symmetrical type full-interchange cross overpass has the characteristics that the designs of going straight, turning around, turning left and turning right in the four directions of east, south, west and north of motor vehicle lanes are consistent; the designs of the non-motor vehicle lanes, the sidewalks and the blind lanes in the four directions of southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest of the non-motor vehicle lanes are consistent; the humanized design of the non-motor vehicle lanes, the symmetrical easy-running design of the motor vehicle lanes and the attractiveness design are integrated together.

A lifting system for a stairway provides steps that remain horizontal at all times. Thus the system may be used for lifting a person who is in a wheelchair or who in other ways is physically disabled, together with functioning as an ordinary stairway; hence, it also can be usable for walking-enabled persons.

An apparatus to enable people who are handicapped, especially those who are wheelchair bound, to be able to install and replace objects that are affixed near the ceiling. The apparatus includes a lower level affixed at a location within reach of a seated person and including a vertical height adjustment pole movably retained by plate at the lower level. A top plate retains a device which is positioned adjacent a ceiling. The top plate is affixed adjacent a top end of the vertical height adjustment pole. The vertical height adjustment pole is lowered to be in reach of the seated person to enable the seated person to work on the device retained on the top plate. After work on the device is completed, the vertical height adjustment pole is retained so that the top plate is adjacent a ceiling.

The invention discloses a multi-functional wheelchair, relates to the field of wheelchairs, and provides a wheelchair which can assist wheelchair users in taking items from a high place. The multi-functional wheelchair includes a wheelchair frame, a seat plate, front wheels, a rear walking mechanism, and a seat plate driving device; vertically arranged guide grooves are formed in the wheelchair frame, sliding blocks are arranged on the seat plate, the sliding blocks are located in the guide grooves, and the seat plate can move along the guide grooves; the seat plate driving device is located below the seat plate, the seat plate driving device includes a screw rod, a nut block and a connecting rod, the screw rod is connected with the wheelchair frame and rotatable, the nut block is connected with the screw rod in a threaded mode, and two ends of the connecting rod are hinged with the nut block and the seat plate respectively. The seat plate can be driven to move up and down by rotatingthe screw rod, so that the wheelchair users are moved up and down, and items placed at the high place can be taken by the wheelchair users conveniently. A power unit, the rear walking mechanism, a defecation hole and a defecation hole baffle can also be arranged, so that the users are assisted by the wheelchair in going up stairs or to a toilet.

The invention relates to a wheelchair capable of assisting standing and toileting, which comprises a wheelchair body, a control system and a linkage type integral mechanism, and is characterized in that the control system is arranged at the lower part of a right armrest of the wheelchair, and the linkage type integral mechanism is arranged at the lower part of the wheelchair. Through the design ofthe wheelchair body, the structure and performance of an original wheelchair body are improved, so that safe defecation is guaranteed; the wheels and trundles are locked when the wheelchair works, and then the anti-tipping device is opened, so that safety accidents caused by wheelchair sliding when a user defecates are avoided; through the design of the control system, the intelligent process that a user goes to the toilet on the wheelchair is achieved, operation is easy, and control is facilitated; besides, through the design of the linkage type integral mechanism, the mechanical linkage process of toileting is achieved, and great convenience is brought to people being inconvenient to move and sit on wheelchairs in life.

The invention discloses a transfer patient-care robot without changing a sitting posture. The patient-care robot includes a base, a lifting mechanism and a leg-holding mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism is movably connected to the upper part of the interior of the base, the leg-holding mechanism is movably connected to the outer side of the bottom of the lifting mechanism, an embracing waistsupport mechanism is further directly arranged above the leg-holding mechanism, and the embracing waist support mechanism is movably connected to the outer side of the upper part of the lifting mechanism. The transfer patient-care robot does not change the posture of a human body during the transfer process, can minimize the impact on the human body during the transfer process, and is suitable for places such as elderly families, pension institutions and medical institutions. Activities such as going to bed, getting out of bed, taking a wheelchair, using a toilet, bathing can be achieved, andthe transfer patient-care robot is convenient to adjust, is applicable to a wide range of people, and has a very ideal technical effect.

A system allowing a wheelchair bound user to embark and disembark a vehicle without assistance. The user requests entry into the vehicle. The vehicle is manually or autonomously driven into a safe position for ingress. The vehicle checks if the area is clear to open the door. The vehicle autonomously opens the door. The vehicle verifies the person is wheelchair bound. If the passenger is wheelchair bound, then: the vehicle verifies if the area is clear to deploy an inclined ramp or lift. The vehicle deploys the inclined ramp or lift. The vehicle waits until the user is on top of the lift and starts lifting the wheelchair bound person. The vehicle waits until the user at the correct height and transitions from the lift / ramp into the securement station inside of the vehicle. The vehicle verifies that the wheelchair is properly positioned for securement. The vehicle secures the wheel chair.

The invention discloses a cool bus kiosk with foldable seats and belongs to the field of municipal supplies. The cool bus kiosk is composed of two kiosk columns, a transverse column, bearing plates, seats, a battery, a kiosk roof, solar panels, an upper transverse column, springs and fans, and is characterized in that the transverse column is mounted on the two kiosk columns, the bearing plates are fixedly mounted on the transverse column, the seats are mounted on the transverse column through rotating shafts, the seats are located on the bearing plates, the upper transverse column is locatedabove the transverse column and fixedly mounted on the two kiosk columns, and the upper transverse column and the transverse column are spaced by the distance of one seat and connected through rib plates. The cool bus kiosk can provide the clean seats for bus waiting persons for resting, the fans can be utilized to provide coolness, and the cool bus kiosk is provided with a device for assisting disabled people sitting in wheelchairs in getting on a bus.

This disclosure relates to a toilet bowl and seat which is user-friendly to individuals who are physically (or possibly mentally) disabled and especially wheelchair-bound people or even normal people with bad knees. The toilet seat and bowl shape is turned through 180 degrees relative to a conventional front-to-rear tapered seat and bowl shape in order to facilitate the ability to easily slide onto the toilet from the transportation device and easily slide backwards onto the same after use. A handle is also provided at the cistern front / rear of the toilet seat for support while standing up or sitting down during / after use and which is removable or fixed. Flushing also is easier because the tank is in front of the user and the flush handle may be provided on either side to suit the user.

The invention provides a lift car capable of being conveniently taken by disabled people, and relates to the field of lift car equipment. The lift car capable of being conveniently taken by disabled people comprises an outer box, an inner box is arranged in the outer box, and elevator induction doors are arranged on the inner box. According to the lift car, a handrail is arranged in the lift car,when the disabled people enter the lift car through an elevator, the handrail can be pulled downwards at first, the handrail is provided with a limiting block, and the limiting block is just packed into a limiting groove; then a wheelchair is driven in, a clamping groove is formed in one end of the wheelchair, a clamping block is arranged at the position, corresponding to the clamping groove, of one side of the inner box, and the wheelchair is lifted up to be placed in the clamping block to be stabilized; for people with leg problems and eye troubles and not sitting in the wheelchair, a chairis arranged inside, and the chair can be contracted when not in use, so that the space occupation is avoided; and a voice recognition function is specially set for disabled people, so that people having trouble in reading and walking can use the elevator by themselves when staying in the elevator alone.

A pair of specialty pants for immobile patients includes at least two open-ended zippers configured in series on each pant leg. This configuration of zipper assemblies affords access to the full length of the patient's leg and makes it much easier to put on or take off the specialty pants for a patient with mobility issues such as a wheelchair bound patient.

The invention discloses an intelligent mobile vehicle for helping the old and weak in front of a supermarket. The intelligent mobile vehicle comprises a shell; a sleeve adding cavity is formed in theshell; a gravity cavity is formed in the upper side of the sleeve adding cavity; a touch block is fixedly arranged on the lower side wall of the gravity cavity; triangular blocks which are symmetricalleft and right are fixedly arranged on the outer lower side of the gravity cavity; a gravity sliding block is arranged in the gravity cavity in a sliding mode; a gravity spring is connected between the gravity sliding block and the upper side wall of the gravity cavity; a gravity connecting rod is fixedly arranged on the lower side of the gravity sliding block; and a bag hanging block is fixedlyarranged on the lower side of the gravity connecting rod. The intelligent mobile vehicle for helping the old and weak in front of the supermarket is arranged at a zebra crossing of a road at a door ofthe supermarket, and a consumer hangs a shopping bag on equipment; when overweight is detected, the equipment can be automatically sleeved with a reinforcing bag, and when the disabled sitting on thewheelchair needs to use, the wheelchair can be fixedly connected to equipment to cooperate with the disabled to cross the road together, so that safety accidents are reduced, and the road circulationefficiency and the pedestrian safety are improved.

An auxiliary device for helping the disabled to take a bus relates to the field of machinery and comprises a flat plate and a fork arm type connecting rod mechanism. The flat plate is perpendicular toa bus floor and can rotate around a circular shaft A to be right opposite to a bus door. One end of the fork arm type connecting rod mechanism is arranged on a lowermost step of the bus door, and theother end of the fork arm type connecting rod mechanism is arranged on a lifting plate A. The fork arm type connecting rod mechanism can drive the lifting plate A to horizontally move up and down inthe vertical direction. A wheelchair can reach above the lifting plate A, and a device capable of being connected with the flat plate is arranged on the wheelchair. By arranging the lifting plate A and a lifting plate B which can ascend and descend, the wheelchair is supported on the steps. The wheelchair is connected with a connecting device on the flat plate, the wheelchair is driven by the rotatable flat plate to enter the carriage and reach a proper position, and therefore the problem that people sitting on the wheelchair are difficult to get on and get off is solved.

The invention discloses an overturn-preventing solar electric wheelchair. The overturn-preventing solar electric wheelchair comprises a wheelchair body; a power unit which comprises a solar cell panel, a secondary battery, a driving motor and a control module, and the control module comprises a controller; and a walking unit which comprises a brake, two sets of supporting wheels and a driving wheel, wherein a manual handle is welded to the outer side of the driving wheel; wherein the solar cell panel is connected with the secondary battery, the secondary battery is connected with the control module, and the control module is electrically coupled with the driving motor. Due to the fact that the front ends and the rear ends of the power driving wheels are each provided with one set of supporting wheels, the occupied area of the wheelchair is larger, the gravity center of a user is more difficult to exceed the ground area of the wheelchair when the user takes the wheelchair, the wheelchair is safer and more reliable, and the overturning phenomenon cannot happen.

The invention relates to a moving device, in particular to a municipal roadblock ball moving device and aims at providing the municipal roadblock ball moving device to reduce labor force and save time. According to the technical scheme, the municipal roadblock ball moving device comprises a box, a shell, a motor, a bearing seat, a rotary shaft, a cam, a connecting rod and the like; the shell and the motor are installed at the inner bottom of the box, the motor is located in the shell, the bearing seat is installed at the top of the shell, the rotary shaft is connected into the bearing seat, the bottom end of the rotary shaft is connected with an output shaft of the motor, the cam is installed at the top end of the rotary shaft, the left side at the top of the cam is connected with the connecting rod, and an arc-shaped opening is formed in the left side at the top of the box. The motor is controlled to reversely rotate 180 degrees so that a roadblock ball can be driven to reversely rotate 180 degrees, the distance between the roadblock ball and another roadblock ball is increased, a patient sitting on a wheelchair can pass through the road section and does not need to bypass the roadblock balls, and a time saving effect is achieved.

The invention discloses an electric wheelchair with a leg rehabilitation function. The electric wheelchair comprises a chair body, wherein brackets which are symmetrical in left and right positions are fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the chair body; small wheels are rotatably connected to the lower ends of the brackets; a sitting cavity is kept in the upper surface of the chair body; a rotating plate mechanism, which is used for holding articles, is arranged in the sitting cavity; a rotating plate is hinged at the right end of the chair body; and through cavities are kept in the leftand right surfaces of the rotating plate. The electric wheelchair can be used for conducting circulating and reciprocating activity training on knee joints, and meanwhile, the electric wheelchair canalso be used for intermittently massaging muscles of shanks, so that leg muscle degeneration of a patient, which is caused by sitting on the wheelchair for a long time, can be prevented; meanwhile, massaging and joint training cannot affect the advancing of the wheelchair; in addition, the patient subjected to massaging and training can lean against the sitting cavity to read books or a tablet computer, and the circumstance that the wheelchair turns backwards due to lifting of the legs can be prevented; and meanwhile, a storage plate can be also horizontally placed and can be used for such purposes as eating and the like.

A refrigerator having sliding doors that is easily accessible by handicapped individuals, such as individuals in wheelchairs. The refrigerator includes a rectangular housing having a pair of doors thereon that is arranged side-by-side. The doors are secured to the housing via upper and lower rails. The upper and lower rails are disposed within upper and lower tracks on the rectangular housing. The rails can slide within the tracks and may further be telescopic, allowing the doors to open in a sliding motion. In this way, a user can access the refrigerator without having the doors swing outwards and towards the user. The doors are also attached to the rails via a hinge so that the doors can pivot open in the traditional manner. Thus, the refrigerator can be opened by sliding or pivoting, or a combination thereof, for easy access by handicapped individuals.

The disclosed inventive concept provides an orthopedic exercise apparatus for accommodating a wheelchair-bound user and allowing the user to perform low-load prolonged stretching without getting out of his or her existing wheelchair. The apparatus includes a base having a top sheet and a bottom sheet secured thereto, and a T-shaped structure mounted to and extending perpendicular to the base. The T-shaped structure includes a stabilization post having an adjustable height and a cross-bar mounted to the top end of the stabilization post. The cross-bar is lowered onto the user's thighs in order to limit stretching to the user's knee or provide passive a dorsiflexion force to the ankle. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with a pulleyed weight station for treating knee flexion contractures or, alternatively, with a pair of ankle blocks removably fitted within the base for treating ankle plantar flexion contractures.

The invention relates to a medical doctor-seeing registration machine, and belongs to the field of accounting devices, systems or equipment. The medical doctor-seeing registration machine comprises a registration machine main body, a card slot is formed in the front surface of the registration machine main body, a rear cover is arranged on the back surface of the registration machine main body, and a disinfection mechanism for disinfecting the registration machine main body is arranged in the registration machine main body; and a lifting mechanism for driving the registration machine main body to ascend or descend is arranged at the bottom of the registration machine main body. An electric push rod and a shear fork frame in the lifting mechanism can drive a supporting seat and the registration machine main body to descend, so that the overall height of the doctor-seeing registration machine is reduced, a patient sitting on a wheelchair can use the doctor-seeing registration machine conveniently, and the patient in the wheelchair can operate the registration machine main body conveniently; and the problems that in the prior art, the height of a doctor-seeing registration machine cannot be adjusted, some patients sitting on wheelchairs cannot touch a touch screen when using the doctor-seeing registration machine, and therefore use of the doctor-seeing registration machine by the patients is affected are solved.

The invention discloses a dressing change nursing support with an adjusting function for a burn department. The dressing change nursing support comprises a cylinder, wherein the bottom end of the cylinder is fixedly connected with a first clamping plate; the lower surface of the first clamping plate is fixedly connected with a first slide bar; the surface of the first slide bar is sleeved with a first sliding sleeve; a second clamping plate clamps the surface of the first sliding sleeve; the lower surface of the second clamping plate is fixedly connected with the top end of a first threaded rod through a rotating device; and the surface of the first threaded rod is in threaded connection with a first threaded cap. According to the dressing change nursing support with the adjusting functionfor the burn department, through the arrangement of the first clamping plate, the second clamping plate, the first slide bar, the second slide bar, the rotating device, the first threaded rod and thesecond threaded rod, a patient does not need to go to the place of placing the nursing support with the help of a family member or sitting in a wheelchair to look for medical personnel for dressing change, and the medical personnel can carry the nursing support to a hospital bed, so that the pain of the patient is relieved and the rehabilitation of the patient is facilitated.