Wheelchair adjustable arm rest assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the upper right portion of FIG.
1 there is shown a wheelchair 10.
Part of the frame for wheelchair 10 includes a front receiving socket 11 shown in the lower left portion of FIG.
1 and a rear receiving socket 12 for detachably supporting an arm rest assembly to the side of the chair.
As mentioned briefly heretofore, FIG.
1 shows the right side arm assembly for a wheelchair which includes a front vertical receiving tube 13, a rear vertical receiving tube 14, an upper horizontal tube 15 and a lower horizontal tube 16.
Tubes 15 and 16 have their ends secured adjacent to the upper and lower ends of the vertical receiving tubes 13 and 14 as shown to define a rectangular frame assembly.
A front post tube has a horizontal portion 17 secured to and extending from the front vertical tube 13 in axial alignment with the upper horizontal tube 15.
This front post also includes a vertical portion 18 extending downwardly to terminate in an end 19 receivable in the rear receiving socket 11 of the wheelchair.
The lower end 20 of the rear vertical receiving tube 14, in turn, is receivable in the rear receiving socket 12 as shown so that the rectangular frame assembly is properly secured to the side of the wheelchair and yet can be removed by lifting the entire frame structure from the front and rear sockets 11 and 12.
As shown in the upper central portion of FIG.
1, the arm rest assembly includes an arm rest comprised of a horizontal tube 21 supporting an arm rest pad 22.
A front arm rest support tube 23 and a rear arm rest support tube 24 extend downwardly from the arm rest, these tubes respectively being telescopically received in the front and rear vertical receiving tubes 13 and 14.
It will be noted that by telescoping the front and rear arm rest support tubes 23 and 24 within the front and rear vertical receiving tubes 13 and 14, the vertical height of the arm rest relative to the wheelchair seat can be adjusted, all as indicated by the lowered phantom line position of the arm rest and the double headed arrow