WHEELCHAIR FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC A61G5/02 B62M1/16 B62M6/00 

FIELD: individual self-propelled vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to individual self-propelled vehicles. Proposed wheelchair for persons with limited physical capabilities consists of seat with back, tubular trapezoidal frame with foot rest, one pair of driven wheels and two equal drive wheels. Drive wheels rotational axes are located at wheelchair front and coupled by additional stiff shaft with two overrunning clutches or ratchets at their ends in straight line. Wheelchair driven wheels unit is made with possibility of forced change of its orientation within sector with vertex angle of up to about 120°. Said foot rest is divided into two autonomous and independent flat parts in the form of pedals, on opposite sides of which there are strong support parking posts and possibility of fixing its position after turning on horizontal pins in one of two extreme positions: either strictly vertically or horizontally.

EFFECT: increasing the safety of the wheelchair, improving its ergonomic and operational qualities and reducing the physical effort required to travel through the winding labyrinths of the urban environment.

3 cl, 3 dwg