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Walker

  • US 4,770,410 A
  • Filed: 07/03/1986
  • Issued: 09/13/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An invalid walder comprising frame means for seating an occupant with the occupant'"'"'s feet in ground contact, the frame means defining a seat portion, a seat back portion and arms extending from the seat back portion on opposite sides of the seat portion, at least four telescopic legs with ground engaging wheels at their lower ends depending from the frame means substantially at four corners thereof, at least a forward pair of the legs depending from forward end portions of the arms, power means for telescopically extending and retracting the legs so as to selectively move the seat portion vertically between occupant-seated and occupant-standing elevations, the seat portion having a forward end configured to extend between the occupant'"'"'s legs, and the walker further including a removable front section for the frame means with releasable and separable connectors between the front section, the forward end portions of the arms, and the forward end of the seat portion, the front section providing a safety device when connected to the frame means for occupant constraint while providing access to the seat portion when removed from the frame means, said front section comprising a rigid first yoke member having opposite ends with first connectors for releasable attachment to the respective arms to form an enclosed extension of the arms around the front of the walker, and a rigid second yoke member depending from the central portion of the first yoke member and having a second connector for releasable attachment to the forward end of the seat portion.

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