Patent ID: 8152101
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A61G,B64D

Abstract:
1. A system for selectively securing and removing a wheelchair-bound individual to an aircraft, comprising: a wheelchair having a seat supported by a lower frame, said lower frame supported by rotatable rolling means that enable said wheelchair to be maneuvered from place to place within the aircraft with said individual in the seat, an elongated track assembly secured to the floor of said aircraft, said track assembly having rigid opposing sides defining a longitudinally extending open guideway therebetween and a pair of rigid retainer flanges overlying said guideway and arranged in spaced edge to edge relation to each other and defining an elongate keyway therebetween; and locking means on said wheelchair operatively arranged to lock said wheelchair to said track assembly, said locking means located within said rotatable rolling means, being selectively lockable by only the foot of a user, and comprising a locking pin sized to fit within said elongate keyway of the guideway, the locking means being engaged within the guideway to prevent movement of the wheelchair relative to said track.