Patent ID: 9060910
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61G,B60N

Abstract:
1. A method of reclining a wheelchair seat, comprising: positioning a wheelchair seat back portion in an upright position relative to a wheelchair seat bottom portion, wherein the wheelchair seat back portion and the wheelchair seat bottom portion are coupled by a pair of linkages, each linkage comprising a first link and a second link pivotally connecting the wheelchair seat back portion and the wheelchair bottom portion; and moving the wheelchair seat back portion from the upright position relative to the wheelchair seat bottom portion to a reclined position in which the wheelchair seat back portion is angled relative to the wheelchair seat bottom portion, wherein the first link and the second link of each linkage pivot relative to the wheelchair seat back portion and the wheelchair seat bottom portion as the wheelchair seat back portion is reclined; wherein movement of the wheelchair seat back portion from the upright position to the reclined position causes a lower end portion of the wheelchair seat back portion to move downward and forward relative to the wheelchair seat bottom portion.