摘要 |
<p>A stair climbing wheelchair carrier incorporating a handle assembly and base, the base comprising a pair of spaced endless tracks having climbing lugs on the outside surface thereof, each of the endless tracks entrained around a pair of rollers and passing under the outer surface of a runner, one of the rollers situate proximate one end of the runner, the other proximate the other end, the runner being intermediate its ends to form a first portion extending away from one of the rollers and a second portion extending away from the first portion towards the second roller at an angle of between about 125.degree. and about 145.degree. to the first portion, the length of track extending under the second portion and around the roller proximate the second portion being such as to extend over the usual bottom step of a staircase when the carrier is positioned proximate the bottom of the staircase.</p> |