Patent ID: 11919434
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A wheelchair fixing device for a vehicle, comprising:
a lashing belt having, at one end, a part-to-be-engaged that is configured to be able to engage with an engaging part exposed through a floor surface of a vehicle cabin;
a hook that is provided at the other end of the lashing belt and configured to be able to engage with a frame of a wheelchair; and
a hook cover that is formed by an elastic body into a tubular shape and fitted on an engaging region of the hook that is a region engaging with the frame, wherein:
the engaging region of the hook includes a first curved section that continues from a base section to which the other end of the lashing belt is attached, a linear section that continues from the first curved section, and a second curved section that continues from the linear section; and
the hook cover has slits, extending along a circumferential direction, in an outer circumferential surface on a tensile deformation side and an outer circumferential surface on a compressive deformation side that respectively correspond to the first curved section and the second curved section.