Patent ID: 7367578
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A wheelchair provided with a legrest, comprising a frame part and, connected thereto, a footrest and a calfrest which, in a supporting first position are designed for supporting at least a part of a leg of a user seated during use in the wheelchair, the wheelchair also having a sitting support, wherein when the calfrest is in said first position a space is defined by a first plane extending vertically downward from a front edge of the sitting support and two parallel second planes extending downward and perpendicular to said first plane and each along a corresponding one of two opposite outer edges of said calfrest such that, while the user is seated on the sitting support, the leg part is supported within the space and by the calfrest, the calfrest being moveable to a non-supporting second position in which the calfrest is located substantially outside the space, while a path of travel of the calfrest between the first and second positions is substantially located behind a third plane extending along the front edge of the sitting support and between the front edge of the sitting support and a rearward edge of the footrest.