Patent ID: 6168177
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A61G,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
An arrangement on a wheelchair for adjusting the camber of a drive wheel of the wheelchair, the wheelchair comprising a wheelchair fram and the drive wheel comprising a wheel axle wherein the arrangement comprises an adapter attached to the wheelchair frame, the adapter extending longitudinally crosswise to the wheelchair frame and having a receiving bore for said wheel axle, the receiving bore extending in the longitudinal direction of the adapter, which is in its longitudinal direction slidable crosswise to the wheelchair frame on a path defining a segmental arch and is lockable in a position on said path defining the desired camber, wherein the adapter is an arch shaped oblong adapter having upper and lower side walls and is adjacent, with a longitudinal guide, to a sliding surface curved in a segmental arch and able to be connected with the wheelchair frame.