Title: Oxygen tank holding device for wheelchairs

Abstract: A wheelchair comprising a support frame of two oppositely disposed sides includes a holding device for supporting an oxygen tank thereon. The holding device includes a hollow cylinder having an open top end and a bottom end closed by a movable disk. The cylinder includes a mounting bracket for releasably attaching the cylinder to the spaced upwardly extending pins on the wheelchair frame which conventionally is used to mount detachable foot rests. The cylinder can be reversed from one side of the wheelchair to the other by inverting the cylinder.

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Inventors: Steichen, Clemons P. (Saint Paul, MN, US)

Application Number: 934399
Filing Date: 1978-08-17
Publication_date: 1980-07-22
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Primary Class(es): 297/188.2 280/645, 297/DIG4
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US Patent Ref:

2592449	Apr, 1952	Miller	297/DIG.
3116046	Dec, 1963	Risdon	248/188.
3170665	Feb, 1965	Ryan	248/311.
3205007	Sep, 1965	Sommer	297/429.
3338628	Aug, 1967	Evans	248/188.
3704025	Nov, 1972	Cerveny	280/41.
3759569	Sep, 1973	Bennet	297/194.
3970344	Jul, 1976	Baumann	297/DIG.
4045044	Aug, 1977	Bierer	297/DIG.
4063701	Dec, 1977	Wray	297/188.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Frazier, Roy D.
Assistant Examiner: Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
Attorney: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt