| 摘要 |
A wheeled chair is provided which permits patients to propel themselves with their feet while seated in the chair, and which is also capable of being used by patients of a wide range of heights. Accordingly, the present invention provides a wheeled chair having frame members, seating members, rolling means, and means to cause vertical adjustment of the seating member. In one embodiment, the seating member has means to allow it to be tilted. In this respect, the seating member is pivotally coupled to the frame members. In another aspect, such point of pivotal coupling is located proximate to the front portion of the seating member, thereby causing relatively less upward movement of the front portion of the seating member when the seating member is tilted than where such point of pivotal coupling is located rearward of the seating member. In a further embodiment, the frame members include vertically extendible arm rest members for supporting the arms of a person sitting in the chair. According to a further aspect, the arm rest members may be adjusted in co-operation with the vertical adjustment of the seating member so that the person's arms may be comfortably supported in the same vertically spaced relationship to the seating member regardless of the vertical position of the seating member relative to the floor.
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