Patent ID: 8678402
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A portable wheelchair convertible between a street wheelchair and a specialty wheelchair, the convertible wheelchair comprising: a street wheelchair having: a first rear conversion bracket mounted to the first rear portion of the frame; a second rear conversion bracket mounted to the second rear portion of the frame; a first front conversion bracket mounted to the first front wheel assembly and having a first axle bore therethrough; a second front conversion bracket mounted to the second front wheel assembly and having a second axle bore therethrough; and conversion components that when installed converts the street wheelchair into a specialty wheelchair, the conversion components including an axle removably receivable in the first and second axle bores, a first low pressure front tire received on one end of the axle and sized larger than the first front wheel assembly, a second low pressure front tire received on another end of the axle and sized larger than the second front wheel assembly, a first rear wheel conversion assembly having a pivoting low pressure tire and received by the first rear conversion bracket, and a second rear wheel conversion assembly having a pivoting low pressure tire and received by the second rear conversion bracket, whereby the first and second front wheel assemblies and the first and second rear wheels are elevated from ground by the first and second front low pressure tires and the first and second rear wheel conversion assemblies respectively.