Jon-Michael Kasten

US Patent:

20050189803, Sep 1, 2005

Filed:

Feb 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/789897

Inventors:

Jon-Michael Kasten - Kirkland WA, US

International Classification:

A47C031/00

US Classification:

297219100

Abstract:

A hip control apparatus for a wheelchair includes a two hip supports for positioning on opposite sides of the wheelchair seat. Each hip support has a relatively large main portion for engaging the pelvic region of a person seated in the wheelchair and narrower resiliently flexible arm that projects from the main portion toward the front of the seat. A seat belt has a separate segment secured to the arm of each hip support. The segments of the seat belt are releasably securable together by a connector. When the seat belt segments are secured around the person seated in the wheelchair, the arms of the two hip supports bend about the person for added support.

US Patent:

20050264073, Dec 1, 2005

Filed:

May 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/854940

Inventors:

Jon-Michael Kasten - Kirkland WA, US

International Classification:

A47C001/02
A47C001/06
B60N002/00
B60N002/02
A61G015/00

US Classification:

297313000

Abstract:

A seat is pivotally connected to a frame of a wheelchair and is connected by one or more resilient supports. Each support includes a housing attached to either the seat or the frame and a bracket arrangement attached to the other of those wheelchair components. A spring biases the bracket arrangement with respect to the housing and an adjuster enables the force of the spring to be varied to alter resiliency of the support.