Patent ID: 7104740
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A wheelchair docking system for releasably securing a wheelchair to the floor of a vehicular conveyance, comprising: a male docking member adapted for rigid attachment to said wheelchair; a female docking member adapted for rigid attachment to the floor of the conveyance; the female docking member having a moveable latch adapted for engagement with the male docking member, the latch being moveable between a first position and a second position, the first position being one in which the male docking member is restricted from being removed from the female docking member along the path by which the male docking member became engaged with the female docking member, the second position being one in which the male docking member is free to move along the path by which the male docking member became engaged with the female docking member, the male docking member having lower sides that engage complementary side walls within the female docking member to substantially restrict rotational movement of the male docking member relative to the female docking member when the latch is in the first position.