Tie-down for wheelchairs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7963730
APP PUB NO 20060193708A1
SERIAL NO

11406384

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Apparatus for securing one or more wheelchairs to a vehicle includes a plurality of straps for holding the wheelchairs to the vehicle. Some of the straps are attached to a movable element that can be moved into or out of the area to be occupied by the wheelchairs. This allows the area to be utilized by other passengers when no wheelchairs are present and also facilitates ingress and egress of the wheelchairs. In the preferred embodiment, movable elements, which carry housings for wheelchair-engaging belts and passenger restraint belts, are mounted to the side wall of the vehicle for pivotal movement about vertical axes between storage positions and operative positions. The apparatus allows an operator to quickly and easily secure or release a passenger in a wheelchair and maintains the integrity of the straps.

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AMERICAN SEATING COMPANYGRAND RAPIDS MI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ditch, James A San Pedro, US 6 113
Magnuson, Richard C Kentwood, US 9 295
Razavi, Frereidoun Sun Valley, US 3 76

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