US 12,279,996 B2
Wheelchair docking system and method thereof
Adam Wojdyla, Winamac, IN (US); Michael R. Pugh, Winamac, IN (US); and Carlos Badallo, Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US)
Filed by The Braun Corporation, Winamac, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,091.
Application 17/403,091 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/952,464, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Application 16/952,464 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/909,243, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,759,378.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,064, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031536 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [B60P 7/0807 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheelchair docking system comprising:
a wheelchair docking station having a coupler mechanism; and,
a multi-directional coupling device configured for a wheelchair and having a first end and a second end, wherein:
the multi-directional coupling device couples with the wheelchair docking station in a first direction, wherein the second end couples with the coupler mechanism of the wheelchair docking station and the first end is uncoupled; and,
the multi-directional coupling device couples with the wheelchair docking station in a second direction, wherein the first end couples with the coupler mechanism of the wheelchair docking station and the second end is uncoupled.