Patent ID: 8985618
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A wheelchair having an underframe on which front steering wheels and rear drive wheels are fastened at a spacing to one another, a seat frame which is fastened on the underframe so as to be height-adjustable, is mounted so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis, and is adjustable in its inclination with regard to a horizontal plane and in its height, and a backrest frame which is connected to the seat frame and which consists of two oppositely situated longitudinal tubes and at least one transverse tube, which connects the longitudinal tubes together, wherein a) the seat frame is connected to the underframe with at least two telescopic tubes, each telescoping tube being formed by a bottom tube and a top tube, b) bottom ends of the bottom tubes are fastened in a rigid manner to the under frame, c) top ends of the top tubes are connected to the seat frame in the rotational axis, d) a latching plate, which is connected to the top tubes, is arranged on each of the longitudinal tubes for adjusting the inclination of the seat frame, and e) the rotational axis is provided above the seat frame.