US 12,403,053 B2
Wheelchair docking system and method thereof
Adam D. 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 Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,464.
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 2021/0069038 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [B60P 7/0807 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheelchair docking system for being coupled to a track system coupled to a vehicle floor, comprising:
a frame;
a coupler mechanism configured to engage a wheelchair as the wheelchair approaches the wheelchair docking system during a docking operation;
an adjustable latch coupled to the frame, the adjustable latch configured to be releasably coupled to the track system;
wherein the frame comprises a flange with a plurality of openings and wherein the adjustable latch is adjustably coupled to one of the plurality of openings in the flange.