The current invention discloses a method for ensuring the safety of a wheelchair passenger in a transport vehicle, by: - ensuring that the wheelchair is blocked from moving by fixating said wheelchair to the vehicle floor by fixation means and; - ensuring that the wheelchair passenger is secured in his wheelchair by a safety-belt system; whereby prior to transport said method comprises the steps of: - sensing if said fixation means are applied correctly; - sensing if said safety-belt system is applied correctly. In a second aspect, the invention discloses a method for ensuring the safety of a wheelchair passenger in a transport vehicle, by instructing the operator of the securing procedure to be followed. In a final aspect, the invention pertains to a method to ensure the safety of a wheelchair passenger in a vehicle, by providing means to allow said wheelchair user to indicate his status of safety.
Improved methods for ensuring the safety of a wheelchair passenger in a transport vehicle
Verbessertes Verfahren zur Gewährleistung der Sicherheit eines Rollstuhlpassagiers in einem Transportfahrzeug.
Procédés améliorés permettant d'assurer la sécurité d'un passager en fauteuil roulant dans un véhicule de transport.
2016-11-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |
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