Patent ID: 9152167
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B62K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Steering means for vehicles, suitable for use by disabled persons, comprising a handlebar provided on at least one extremity with a rotatable handgrip, an attachment device attached to the rotatable handgrip to control rotation of said handgrip and arranged to receive an upper limb of a person who does not have the ability to grasp said steering means, wherein said attachment device comprises a substantially rigid hollow body in which are provided: a seat to receive an extremity of said upper limb, a front opening, having an open outline, through which said limb projects when the extremity is placed in said seat, a side opening joined to said front opening extending along said hollow body to allow said extremity to be inserted into or removed from said hollow body respectively, and opposing abutment regions shaped and spaced so as to abut the extremity of the limb when the latter is subjected to a torsion movement, wherein said attachment device is attached to a handgrip controlling a brake or an accelerator for said vehicle, said handgrip comprising means for controlling the brake or the accelerator, which can be operated by rotating said handgrip.