Patent ID: 6161848
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
An assembly of at least two wheelchairs, each provided with at least three wheels, a frame and a sitting support, whereby the wheelchairs are nestable in such a manner that the wheelchairs in a nested condition occupy considerably less space than in unnested condition, whereby in the nested position, seen in a vertical direction, the sitting support of a first nested wheelchair at least partly extends inside the contours of the space which would be occupied by the sitting support of a second wheelchair nested in front of or behind said first wheelchair when the sitting support of said second wheelchair were in a position ready for use, characterized in that the sitting support is permanently connected to the frame by a swivel device, the swivel device connected near the front of a sitting portion of the sitting support, said swivel device is in essentially the same position when the wheelchair is in a nested position or in an unnested position, such that the wheelchairs upon being unnested are at least in essence directly ready for use.