Patent ID: 6533358
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A kit for converting a non-reclining wheelchair having two side frames, two sides rails, a seat portion, and a back support portion, into a reclining wheelchair with a thoracic lumbar-sacral correcting orthosis, referred to as TLSO, corrective back supporting chair back with improved patient comfort, comprising:an adjustably reclining TLSO chair back portion configured to replace the back support portion of said non-reclining wheelchair by attaching to the two side frames; and two replacement side rails each having at least one bend extending said replacement side rail away from the adjustably reclining TLSO chair back portion and configured to replace the two side rails of said non-reclining wheelchair by attaching to the two side frames, wherein upon replacement of the back support portion and two side rails of said non-reclining wheelchair with the adjustably reclining TLSO chair back portion and the replacement side rails, the comfort of said patient is improved by having the replacement side rails extend away from the adjustably reclining TLSO chair back portion.