Patent ID: 6361118
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A61G,Y10T

Abstract:
A durable locking mechanism for a wheel chair trunk support apparatus comprising:a back bracket; a front bracket; a hinge piece extending from the back bracket toward the front bracket, the hinge piece having a top and a bottom, said bottom including an elongated open channel defined by first and second walls; a locking member rotatably mounted on said front bracket, said locking member having a lever and an elongated locking head that is configured to fit within said open channel of said hinge piece, said lever extending downwardly from said front bracket, said locking head extending forwardly; wherein the locking mechanism has a first, locked mode in which the locking head is situated within the open channel and in between said first and second walls, and a second, unlocked mode in which the locking head is situated outside of the open channel; said locking mechanism further comprising a compression spring mounted within said hinge piece and adjacent to said locking member, to maintain said locking head in said open channel when the locking mechanism is in the first, locked mode.