Patent ID: 6994364

Claim:
A wheelchair comprising: a chassis comprising a support beam, a pair of spaced-apart side elements, each depending from the support beam and having a first part for supporting a front ground-engaging wheel and a second part for supporting a rear ground-engaging wheel; and a bracing member extending between the side elements 10 and spaced from the support beam; a seat member rotatably mounted on the support beam to allow rotational movement of the seat member around the support beam; and variable length strut coupled to the bracing member and supporting the seat member, with variation in length of the variable length strut altering a seat inclination relative to the chassis; wherein the second part of at least one side element comprises a forked arrangement with tines extending away from its respective first part, the forked arrangement being configured to engage opposite ends of a rear wheel axle of its respective rear ground-engaging wheel, with one tine being configured to mount an anti-tip bar for preventing catastrophic backward tipping of the wheelchair.