Inventors:
Michele Bergstrom - Norwood MA, US
Peter Lindenmuth - Boston MA, US
International Classification:
B62M001/14
Abstract:
A wheelchair including at least one of the following features: (a) a patient support assembly that includes a seat () and a back () that move vertically together between the operative position and the transfer position; (b) a patient support assembly that is attached to a threaded member () that rotates to raise the patient support assembly; and/or (c) an articulating support for at least one of the wheels () comprising at least two slides (), one of the slides () being attached to the wheel () and the other of the slides () being attached to the base, so that the wheel moves laterally to facilitate transfer.