Patent ID: 6799770
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A reclinable wheelchair comprising:a frame; at least two rear wheels and at least one front wheel attached to the frame for providing mobility to the wheelchair; a seat back, a seat, and leg supports for supporting a patient sitting into the wheelchair; a reclining mechanism attached to the seat back and the leg supports, wherein the mechanism allows the seat back to recline up to 90 degrees and the leg supports to raise up to 90 degrees so that the seat back, the seat, and the leg supports form a flat surface substantially in a horizontal plane; at least one locking wheel for securing the wheelchair to a bed, the locking wheel being attached to the frame and positioned along at least one side of the wheelchair; and an actuator assembly comprising one or more actuator wheels, and one or more actuator arms; said one or more actuator wheels being movable from a lower position to an upward position relative to the at least one locking wheel, and as said one or more actuator wheels move from a lower position to an upward position, said one or more actuator arms engage with the reclining mechanism causing the seat back, the seat and the leg supports to transform from a sitting configuration to the flat surface substantially in a horizontal plane.