EP0214838B1 - Immobilisation de fauteuils roulants, en particulier dans des véhicules - Google Patents

Immobilisation de fauteuils roulants, en particulier dans des véhicules Download PDF

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EP0214838B1
EP0214838B1 EP86306819A EP86306819A EP0214838B1 EP 0214838 B1 EP0214838 B1 EP 0214838B1 EP 86306819 A EP86306819 A EP 86306819A EP 86306819 A EP86306819 A EP 86306819A EP 0214838 B1 EP0214838 B1 EP 0214838B1
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Robert John Parsons
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/08—Accommodating or securing wheelchairs or stretchers
    • A61G3/0808—Accommodating or securing wheelchairs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/02—Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
    • A61G3/06—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like
    • A61G3/061—Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like using ramps

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  • the invention relates to means for locating a wheelchair, primarily in a moving vehicle, for example a road vehicle, although it might be applicable to other situations.
  • Many wheelchairs have a brake which can be applied by the occupant, and can be arranged to remain applied without calling for further attention from the occupant. Whilst this prevents most movements of the wheelchair it could tilt or slide with respect to the floor, or the brake could be inadvertently released. It may therefore be desirable to restrain the wheelchair more positively against unexpected movement, especially in a moving vehicle, such as a road vehicle, ship or aircraft.
  • German Patent Application No. DE 32 04665 discloses a wheelchair restraining system in which a wheelchair and its occupant is restrained from movement in a vehicle.
  • the back of the frame of the wheelchair is gripped by two arms extending from two vertical pillars behind the wheelchair.
  • the wheelchair is further restrained by attaching a flexible belt to a mounting component at the rear of the wheelchair frame, the belt extending from a floor- mounting device which can apply tension to the belt.
  • a padded back rest extends from the pillars towards the shoulders and back of the occupant of the wheelchair, and a head rest is mounted on the back rest.
  • a conventional over-the-shoulder seat belt is mounted on one of the pillars and is releasably secured to the mounting component of the wheelchair frame to urge the occupant of the wheelchair against the back of the wheelchair and against the backrest of the restraining system.
  • the seat belt also urges the wheel chair, via its occupant, towards the two arms which hold it away from the pillars.
  • a padded bar can be swung down to one side of the wheelchair to provide lateral support for one shoulder of the occupant of the wheelchair.
  • tilt-restraining surfaces are provided on each side of the position in which the wheelchair is to be restrained, to prevent the wheelchair sliding sideways.
  • the restraining means and flexible members comprise a retractable inertia reel belt system modified by the addition of a device for locking the reel at will.
  • the wheelchair locking system may be such that when in position the wheelchair is partially received within a recess.
  • the recess is within a substantially vertical structure, and the tilt restraining surfaces may define, at least in part, the recess.
  • warning means it is preferable to incorporate warning means to indicate whether the system is in the free or locked condition.
  • An advantage of the preferred embodiment is that the wheelchair can be attached to the locking system entirely by the occupant whilst the is in the wheelchair, and the use of flexible members of webbing like seat belts allows the use of the system with virtually any design of wheelchair.
  • a taxi basically similar to a conventional London taxi, has the usual partition 1 behind the driver but instead of extending straight across it is joggled so that the portion 2 that is not behind the driver is displaced forwards of the remainder; this reduces to some extent the space available for luggage alongside the driver but it allows sufficient floor space in the rear compartment, at least on one side, to accommodate a wheelchair in its erected condition, complete with occupant, between the partition 1. and the rear seat 3, in the recess thus defined.
  • the wheelchair will normally be placed with its back to the partition 1 as shown, although it could in theory face either way.
  • a restraining system comprising a reel 4 mounted at the foot of the partition 1, with a belt 5 of flexible webbing projecting through a slot 6 in the partition 1 into the passenger compartment.
  • the belt 5 splits into two portions 7, each terminating in a readily releasable clip 8 capable of being easily clipped by hand onto any convenient part of the structure of a wheelchair.
  • the clips 8 may for example be like the spring shackles used in sailing or the spring Karabiner links used by climbers.
  • the reel 4 is similar to a conventional inertia reel used for vehicle seat belt restraints, and has the usual recoil spring that is trying to wind the belt up onto the reel, but is modified by the addition of a solenoid-released pawl engaging a ratchet on the reel.
  • the solenoid When the solenoid is not energised the pawl engages the ratchet and prevents the belt from being extended.
  • the driver energises the solenoid by means of a switch 9 on the dashboard, freeing the belt.
  • the occupant of the wheelchair (or another person) can pull the belt out as far as necessary and then manually engage the clips 8 over two suitable laterally spaced parts of the chair.
  • the recoil spring takes up the slack in the belt and pulls the wheelchair against the partition 1.
  • the driver then de-energises the solenoid again and the belt is locked against further extension, so that the wheelchair is securely located.
  • warning light 10 on the dashboard to remind the driver when the switch 9 is on, i.e. when the belt 5, 7 is unlocked.
  • At least the left-hand door of the taxi is wide enough to accommodate all the ⁇ normal kinds of wheelchair.
  • the wheelchair may be wheeled up a removable ramp, and the occupant can clip the belt 5, 7 onto it while still facing across the taxi if he finds that easier, then he turns it to face the rear and the driver engages the pawl to hold the chair snugly in the recess and against the partition. On reaching the destination the driver closes the switch again to release the belt and allow the occupant to move it away from the partition 1 and disengage the clips.
  • the belt 5 can be left fully retracted in normal use of the taxi, only the ends 7 protruding, so it does not interfere with normal use by able-bodied passengers, and both halves of the partition 1 can carry the usual "jump seats" 11.
  • sockets or buckles provided at the appropriate points for a separate seat belt (for example of the usual lap-and-diagonal strap type) to be fitted to restrain the occupant of the wheelchair himself.
  • a separate seat belt for example of the usual lap-and-diagonal strap type
  • the restraining system could be in another surface, even the floor, and in each case it acts to hold the wheelchair firmly against that surface.
  • the partition by virtue of its shape, defines a recess with vertical sides, into which the wheelchair enters, and these sides help to prevent the chair tilting sideways as the taxi goes round corners.
  • the retracting force of the reel 4 could be made much greater than that of an orthodox seat belt reel, so as to be capable of exerting a sufficient pull on the wheelchair to pull it positively into place against the partition. In that case there may be provision for disengaging the retracting force while the belt is being pulled out and attached to the chair.
  • the locking and unlocking of the reel may be arranged to be controlled by the occupant of the wheelchair rather than by the driver.

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1. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteuil-roulant, capable de retenir les roues d'un fauteuil-roulant contre une surface de contention (2), comportant un panneau de forme générale plate définissant la surface de contention (2), des moyens de contention sous forme d'un ou plusieurs éléments flexibles extensibles (5, 7) munis de dispositifs de fixation (8) grâce auxquels le fauteil-roulant peut être attaché, de façon détachable, à l'élément, ou aux éléments flexibles (5, 7) ainsi qu'un dispositif de contention à partir duquel l'élément ou les éléments flexibles (5, 7) sont extensibles, le dispositif de contention comprenant des moyens de rétraction élastique conçs pour tirer automatiquement l'élément ou les éléments flexibles (5, 7) en direction de la surface de contention (2) de façon à pousser les roues du fauteuil-roulant contre la surface de contention (2), et un dispositif de verrouillage qui peut placer le dispositif de contention dans un premier état ou dans un second état indépendamment de la position de l'élément ou des éléments flexibles (5, 7), le dispositif de contention, dans le premier état, autorisant l'extension manuelle de l'élément ou des éléments (5, 7) en agissant contre l'action des moyens de rétraction élastique et, dans le second état, empêchant cette extension et retenant de ce fait le fauteuil roulant contre la surface de contention (2).
2. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteil-roulant selon la revendicaton 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de rétraction élastique du dispositif de contention sont constitués par un dévidoir à inertie (4) rétractable, et en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage comporte un cliquet en coopération avec le dévidoir (4), la disposition étant telle que, lorsque le dispositif de contention est dans le second état, le dévidoir (4) est verrouillé par la coopération du cliquet avec le dévidoir (4), et que, lorsque le dispositif de contention est dans le permier état, le cliquet est déverrouillé et l'élément ou les éléments flexibles (5, 7) automatiquement tendus par les moyens de rétraction.
3. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteil-roulant selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens de signalisation (10) pour indiquer si le système se trouve dans le premier ou dans le second état.
4. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteil-roulant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que des surfaces de limitation du basculement sont prévues de chaque côté de la position dans laquelle la fauteil-roulant doit être retenu.
5. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteil-roulant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage est commandé par une commande (9), à distance du dispositif de contention.
6. Système d'immobilisation d'un fauteuihrou- lant selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la commande (9) comporte un commutateur électrique.
7. Véhicule motorisé muni d'un système d'immobilisation d'un fauteil roulant conforme à l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
8. Véhicules motorisé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le compartiment du conducteur est situé en avant du compartiment des passagers, et en est séparé par un cloison transversale (1) qui est décalée en avant dans la région qui s'éloigne du conducteur pour définir une niche entre le décalage dans la cloison et la paroi latérale du véhicule, de façon que la niche donne un plus grande espace dans le compartiment des passagers dans la région qui s'éloigne du conducteur que celui existant derrière le conducteur, et véhicule dans lequel le système d'immobilisation d'un fauteuil-roulant est disposé de façon à immobiliser un fauteuil-roulant dans la niche.
9. Véhicule motorisé selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que le système d'immobilisation du fauteuil-roulant est conçu pour immobiliser le fauteuil-roulant, dans un passage tel que l'occupant fait face à l'arrière du véhicule.
10. Véhicule motorisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage est commandé par une commande disposé près du siège du conducteur du véhicule.
EP86306819A 1985-09-07 1986-09-03 Immobilisation de fauteuils roulants, en particulier dans des véhicules Expired EP0214838B1 (fr)

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GB8522263A GB2180507B (en) 1985-09-07 1985-09-07 Locating wheelchairs, primarily in vehicles
GB8522263 1985-09-07

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DK425786D0 (da) 1986-09-05
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