US 12,102,575 B2
Wheelchair having an adjustable base
Samuel D. Traxinger, Fresno, CA (US)
Assigned to Sunrise Medical (US) LLC, Fresno, CA (US)
Filed by Sunrise Medical (US) LLC, Fresno, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,820.
Application 17/526,820 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/755,392, granted, now 11,607,355, previously published as PCT/US2018/055678, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,585, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,313, filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071821 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/1075 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheelchair comprising:
a base having a plurality of support wheels;
a tilt assembly configured to support a seating system, the tilt assembly including a rocker providing an incremental angular adjustment of the seating system relative to the base and a rocker guide supporting the rocker for relative movement, the rocker guide having a first mounting point and a latch receiver configured as a detent; and
a docking mount attached to the base, the docking mount defining a second mounting point that engages the first mounting point, and a latch configured as a toggle latch including one of a hold-open magnet or a resilient member adapted to resiliently bias the toggle latch toward a latched position, the toggle latch cooperating with the latch receiver of the rocker guide to releasably mount the rocker guide to the base.