Anti-tip wheel for a wheelchair
    7.
    发明申请
    Anti-tip wheel for a wheelchair 有权
    用于轮椅的反头轮

    公开(公告)号:US20040232683A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-25

    申请号:US10849654

    申请日:2004-05-20

    发明人: James P. Mulhern

    摘要: A wheelchair is provided with front anti-tip wheels adapted to assist the wheelchair in mounting an obstacle that the wheelchair approaches obliquely. The anti-tip wheels may function as casters, capable of rotating about a vertical axis, or may be fixed for rotation about a horizontal axis only. The anti-tip wheels may include lateral convex surfaces which tend to allow the anti-tip wheel to slide or roll over the obstacle. The lateral convex surfaces may be provided by a laterally oriented rolling element, a convex-shaped hub, a convex-shaped housing that partially surrounds the wheel, or a ball-shaped wheel. Alternatively, rotation of the anti-tip wheel may be controlled such that the wheel rolling surface faces and engages the obstacle.

    摘要翻译: 轮椅上设置有前防倾斜轮,其适于辅助轮椅安装轮椅靠近的障碍物。 反头轮可以作为能够围绕垂直轴旋转的脚轮,或者可以仅固定成围绕水平轴旋转。 反尖端轮可以包括横向凸形表面,其倾向于允许反尖端车轮滑动或滚动障碍物。 横向凸面可以由侧向定向的滚动元件,凸形轮毂,部分地围绕车轮的凸形壳体或球形轮轮提供。 或者,可以控制反尖端轮的旋转,使得车轮滚动面面对并接合障碍物。