Patent ID: 6688571
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61G,G05G,Y10S

Abstract:
A swing-away joystick support for mounting a joystick to a wheelchair frame, the support comprising:a first support member formed for mounting to a wheelchair frame; a second support member formed to carry a joystick; a pair of bars having first ends and second ends, the first ends pivotally mounted to the first support member at spaced apart locations and the second ends pivotally mounted to the second support member at spaced apart locations to form a four-bar pantographic linkage assembly, which produces pantographic movement of the second support member with the joystick carried by the second support member between an extended position and a retracted position; and a latch mechanism provided between the pair of bars for releasably securing bars together in either the extended position or the retracted position, the latch mechanism including a magnet exposed along an inner facing side wall of at least one bar and a steel insert exposed along an inner facing side wall of the other one of the bars, the magnet cooperating with the steel insert to secure the bars in at least one of the extended or retracted positions.