Patent ID: 7404505
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A carrier for a folded wheelchair, said carrier attached to a side of an automobile outside of its passenger compartment adjacent to and behind the driver's door, and accessible to an automobile driver from his or her driver's seat, comprising: a. a multi-sided compartment designed, sized and constructed so as to entirely house at least a conventional wheelchair in a folded position with one rear wheel removed, the two rear chair wheels, when stored in said compartment, residing one in front of the other; b. said compartment attached to the automobile by means of at a least a pair of cantilevered beam elements, the first said beam element providing a pivoting attachment point and the second said beam element providing a selective attachment point, such that by disengaging said second beam element from said compartment, the compartment can be rotated upwardly and forwardly on said first beam element; and c. said compartment having a door that is selectively openable and closeable through which said wheelchair can be loaded into or unloaded out of said compartment.