Wheelchair attachment

摘要

An attachment or arrangement for enabling a wheelchair (1) to climb a kerb (31) comprises a unit (25) which is readily releasably attachable to the side frames (2) of the wheelchair. The unit includes a wheel (26) carried by support arms (28) which are connected to a main support bar (30) which is attachable to the said frames. The wheel (26) overlaps the castorable front wheels (21) of the wheelchair (1) and has its axis of rotation in the plane containing the castoring axes of the front wheels (21). The wheel (26) is normally not in contact with the road. When the wheelchair nears a kerb (31) the wheel (26) rides up the kerb and in so doing lifts the front wheels (21) whereby the wheelchair is able to mount the kerb.