Oxygen tank holding device for wheelchairs

Claim 2

An improved wheelchair of the type having a frame including two oppositely disposed sides; each side including a support member having means for detachably mounting a foot rest thereon; a plurality of wheels attached to the frame to allow movement of the wheelchair; and patient support means attached to the frame for supporting a patient therein; and wherein the improvement comprises: at least one oxygen tank holding device configured to releasably support an oxygen tank therein, and wherein the holding device has means for detachably connecting the holding device to the foot rest mounting means on at least one of the support members.

Claim 3

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 1, wherein the holding device connecting means further includes means for locking the holding device relative to the frame.

Claim 4

An improved wheelchair of the type having a frame which includes two oppositely disposed side members, each side member having a foot rest detachably connected to the front thereof by at least one upwardly extending pin on the side member which pin releasably receives an apertured flange on the foot rest, the foot rest flange having a downwardly extending locking surface which bears against a portion of the side member adjacent the pin to lock the foot rest thereon, and wherein the improvement relates to an oxygen tank support member which comprises: (a) a hollow elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; and (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the pin on either side member of the wheelchair, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder and which is apertured to receive the pin, the locking flange being located on the pin beneath the foot rest flange, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the wheelchair for receiving an oxygen tank therein.

Claim 5

An improved wheelchair of the type having a frame which includes two oppositely disposed side members, each side member having a foot rest detachably connected to the front thereof by at least one upwardly extending pin on the side member which pin releasably receives an apertured flange on the foot rest, the foot rest flange having a downwardly extending locking surface which bears against a portion of the side member adjacent the pin to lock the foot rest thereon, and wherein the improvement relates to an oxygen tank support member which comprises: (a) a hollow elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; and (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the pin on either side member of the wheelchair, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder and which is apertured to receive the pin, the locking flange being located on the pin beneath the foot rest flange, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the wheelchair for receiving an oxygen tank therein.

Claim 6

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 3, in which the locking flange on the cylinder is so configured such that the edge of the locking flange bears against the locking surface on the foot rest flange, whereby the cylinder is locked into position relative to the side of the wheelchair on which it is mounted.

Claim 7

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 4, in which the locking flange on the cylinder is cut away at an angle relative to a line through the center of the flange aperture and cylinder such that the edge formed thereby suitably bears against the locking surface when the locking flange is received on the pin.

Claim 8

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 4, in which the bottom member is fixedly located in the bottom end of the cylinder.

Claim 9

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 4, in which the bottom member comprises a movable disk which can slide from one end of the cylinder to the other to allow the cylinder to be inverted and the top and bottom ends thereof reversed, each end of the cylinder having means for supporting the disk in a position in which the disk closes that end when received therein, and wherein the locking flange is so configured such that when the cylinder is inverted from one position to another the cylinder can be respectively located on one side or the other of the wheelchair on the pin thereat.

Claim 10

An improved wheelchair as recited in claim 7, in which the disk supporting means comprises an inturned lip on each end of the cylinder such that each end of the cylinder has a diameter which is less than the diameter of the disk.

Claim 11

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin and a locking surface located adjacent the support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a substantially planar locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder to form a free edge and which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein the locking flange on the cylinder is so configured such that the free edge of the locking flange bears against the locking surface on the patient transporting device, whereby the cylinder is locked into position relative to the patient transporting device on which it is mounted.

Claim 12

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin and a locking surface located adjacent the support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a substantially planar locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder to form a free edge and which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein the locking flange on the cylinder is so configured such that the free edge of the locking flange bears against the locking surface on the patient transporting device, whereby the cylinder is locked into position relative to the patient transporting device on which it is mounted.

Claim 13

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein the patient transporting device has a support pin on each side thereof, and wherein the bottom member comprises a movable disk which can slide from one end of the cylinder to the other to allow the top and bottom ends of the cylinder to be reversed by inversion of the cylinder, each end of the cylinder being configured to retain the disk in an oxygen tank support position, and wherein the locking flange is so configured such that when the cylinder is inverted from one position to another the cylinder can be respectively located on one side or the other of the patient transporting device on the pins thereat.

Claim 14

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein the patient transporting device has a support pin on each side thereof, and wherein the bottom member comprises a movable disk which can slide from one end of the cylinder to the other to allow the top and bottom ends of the cylinder to be reversed by inversion of the cylinder, each end of the cylinder being configured to retain the disk in an oxygen tank support position, and wherein the locking flange is so configured such that when the cylinder is inverted from one position to another the cylinder can be respectively located on one side or the other of the patient transporting device on the pins thereat.

Claim 15

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein each side of the wheelchair has two colinear vertically spaced support pins, and wherein the bracket is U-shaped having two, outwardly extending locking flanges each of which is apertured to respectively be located on and received around one of the support pins.

Claim 16

An oxygen tank holding device for use on a patient transporting device having at least one upwardly extending support pin, which comprises: (a) a hollow, elongated cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end which is closed by a bottom member, the open top end being suited for receiving an oxygen tank therein which tank is supported by the bottom member; (b) means secured to the cylinder to releasably attach to the support pin, the attachment means comprising a bracket having a locking flange which projects outwardly from the cylinder which is apertured to receive the pin, whereby the cylinder is releasably attached to the patient transporting device for receiving the oxygen tank therein; and (c) wherein each side of the wheelchair has two colinear vertically spaced support pins, and wherein the bracket is U-shaped having two, outwardly extending locking flanges each of which is apertured to respectively be located on and received around one of the support pins.