Patent ID: 6702049
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: A61G,B60K,B60Y,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical wheelchair with spliced front wheel drive and rear wheel drive comprising:a wheel frame having opposed front and rear portions, the wheel frame including a hollow column terminating at a locating ring, the locating ring defining a plurality of angularly displaced locating chutes, a semi-circular hump protruding from a portion of the locating ring, the wheel frame including a power rod for actuating directional control thereof; a chair coupled to the wheel frame in releasably locked manner for selective displacement relative to the wheel frame between at least forward and rearward positions, the chair having a bottom portion and including: a rotary shaft extending from the bottom portion to engage the hollow column of the wheel frame; at least two locating seats formed on the bottom portion; an angularly displaceable control stick passing through the locating seats; a mandrel disposed between the locating seats for angular displacement responsive to the control stick, the mandrel having a locating pin extending radially therefrom to releasably engage one of the locating chutes of the locating ring; a recoil spring coupled to at least one of the control stick and mandrel for resiliently biasing the locating pin towards engagement with one of the locating chutes; and, a micro switch disposed on the bottom portion for selectively reconfiguring the power rod in directional reference between at least forward and rearward configurations, the micro switch being engaged by the semi-circular hump, responsive to the chair being disposed in a preselected one of the forward and rearward positions, to automatically maintain a corresponding one of the forward and rearward configurations for the power rod.