INVALID'S WHEEL CHAIR WITH MECHANISM FOR RAISING AND LOWERING OF SEAT BY INDIVIDUAL OCCUPYING SEAT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transportation means, in particular, equipment with special devices for transportation of invalids.

SUBSTANCE: invalid's wheel chair has mechanism for raising and lowering of seat by user himself, and levers for raising and lowering of each leg or simultaneously of two legs. Seat is made detachable and replaceable. Raising and lowering mechanism is designed for raising of seat to upper face of wheel chair and lowering to floor level. Carcass has detachable rigidity ribs used for preventing collision thereof with toilet bowl. Such construction allows invalid to move to bed or from bed, wash in bath, all by himself.

EFFECT: wider operational capabilities, improved blood circulation and provision for doing massage with foots.

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