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The Wheelchair Mover is intended to push various types of manual wheelchairs up to 24 inches wide on dry, surfaced walkways indoors. Maximum patient plus wheelchair load capacity is 550 pounds.

The Wheelchair Mover is a motorized device that attaches to, and then pushes, various types of manual wheelchairs. The Wheelchair Mover is intended to push various types of manual wheelchairs up to 24 inches wide on dry, surfaced walkways indoors. Maximum patient plus wheelchair load capacity is 550 pounds. The Wheelchair Mover helps caregivers move people seated in manual wheelchairs. It is particularly useful to help move heavy manual wheelchairs up ramps, but can be used in many circumstances to make it easier to move an occupied manual wheelchair. A self-contained battery powers the Wheelchair Mover. It rolls on three wheels. The front, central one is the drive wheel that provides motive force. The Wheelchair Mover has attachment jaws that connect to the rear of the lower frame of manual wheelchairs. The person operating the Wheelchair Mover stands behind the Wheelchair Mover. The operator uses a steering handlebar and various hand-operated controls to direct the movement of the Wheelchair Mover and attached manual wheelchair with its occupant.