PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a column connector, adapted to the movement in case of emergency in a hospital and a geriatric home to be simply mounted so that two wheelchairs are connected to each other in a column, and the wheelchair in the rear is hand-pushed, improved in trafficability, operability and attachment/detachment performance, and coping with a difference in dimensions of wheelchairs on the market.SOLUTION: In this column connector for wheelchairs, two front and rear connecting rods sliding along the right and left arm rests of a front wheelchair and the right and left arm rests of a rear wheelchair and connected to each other by a universal joint of a suitable shape provided at the intermediate part are respectively provided with a pin projecting substantially at right angles to the axial direction of the rod. The pins are abutted on a rear vertical frame and a front vertical frame of the arm rest of each wheelchair to give thrust to the wheelchairs, and a cylindrical protective cover for the joint is provided to slide along the connecting rods. The column connector for the wheelchairs includes a bonnet put on the connecting rods and the armrest from above.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 病院等、老人ホームでの緊急時の移動時に適合してワンタッチで装着出来る2 台の車椅子を縦列に連結して後方にある車椅子の手押し操作で走行性、操作性 、着脱性に優れ市販車椅子の寸法格差に対応可能な縦列の連結装置を提供する 。【解決手段】 前方の車椅子の左右のアームレストと後方の車椅子の左右のアームレストの各々に沿ってスライドする、中間部に設ける適宜形状の自在継手により接続する前後方の二本の連結棒の各々に、棒の軸方向とほぼ直角に突出させるピンを設け、該ピンが前記車椅子の各々の後部の垂設フレームとアームレスト前部垂直フレームに当接して車椅子に推進力を与え、前記連結棒に沿ってスライドする前記継手の筒丈保護カバーを設けるとともに、前記連結棒とアームレストに上方より被せるボンネットで成る車椅子の縦列連結装置。【選択図】 図1
