Foldable mobility support device

• US 20050257819A1
• Filed: 05/13/2005
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Drive Medical Canada Inc. (Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing)
• Original Assignee: Access Product Marketing LLC (Access Products)
• Inventors: Sanders, Christopher D., Willis, Phillip M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,066,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 135/74
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2003/046 with braking means
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 3/04 Wheeled walking aids for disabled persons A61H3/06 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobility device includes at least a first front leg and at least a first rear leg connected to the first front leg connected to the first front leg. The first rear leg includes an upper member having a first end a second end and a lower member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the upper member is pivotally connected to the first end of the lower member, and the lower member is preferably pivotal between an extended use position and a folded storage position.

Claims

1. A walker device structured to facilitate an individual'"'"'s mobility, walker assembly comprising:

a frame selectively disposable between an operative orientation and a stored orientation,

frame including a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly movably in a connected in relatively disposable between set operative and stored orientations,

a least one of said front or rear leg assemblies structured to have a variable length when disposed between said operative and stored orientations,

said stored orientation at least partially defined by set frame having a compact configuration of substantially reduced transfers and longitudinal dimensions

2. A walker assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said stored orientation comprises said front and rear leg assemblies disposed in adjacent, substantially aligned relation along a length of said frame and thereby at least partially defining said reduced transfers dimension.

3. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said store orientation comprises at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies including a lower portion disposable into a folded storage position and thereby at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension.

4. A walker assembly as recited claim 3 wherein said stored orientation comprises said front and rear leg assemblies disposed in adjacent substantially aligned relation along a length of said frame and thereby at least partially defining said reduced transfers dimensions.

5. A walker assembly recited in claim 1 further comprising a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively connected to a lower portion of each of said front and rear leg assemblies.

6. A walker assembly recited in claim 5 wherein said stored orientation comprises at least one of said front or rear wheel assemblies disposable into a folded storage position and thereby at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension.

7. A walker assembly recited in claim 6 wherein said one front or rear wheel assembly is connected to said lower portion of a corresponding one of said front or rear leg assemblies and movable therewith into said folded storage position.

8. A walker assembly as recited in claim 7 wherein said stored orientation further comprises the other of said front or rear wheel assemblies removed from the corresponding one of said front or rear leg assemblies.

9. A walker assembly recited in claim 6 wherein said stored orientation further comprises the other of said front or rear wheel assemblies removed from the other of said front or rear led assemblies.

10. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a handle assembly adjustably connected to at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies.

11. A walker assembly as recited in claim 10 wherein said stored orientation further comprises said handle assembly removed from said frame and thereby further defining said reduced longitudinal configuration.

12. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a hinge assembly pivotally interconnecting a lower portion and an upper portion of at least one of said front and rear leg assemblies, said hinge assembly structured to facilitate disposition of said lower portion between a folded storage position and an extended use position.

13. A walker assembly recited in claim 12 wherein said hinge assembly comprising a spring bias locking pin disposed to extend through both said upper portion and said lower portion such that said lower portion is removably secured in said extended use position.

14. A walker assembly as recite din claim 1 wherein said operative orientation comprises said front and rear leg assemblies movably connected and disposed in space, angularly oriented relation to one another.

15. A walker assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said stored orientation comprises said front and rear leg assemblies disposed in adjacent, substantially aligned relation along a length of said frame and thereby at least partially defining said reduced transfers dimension.

16. A walker assembly as recite din claim 15 further comprising a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively connected to a lower portion of each of said front and rear leg assemblies.

17. A walker assembly as recite din claim 16 wherein at least one of said front or rear assemblies is connected to said lower portion of a corresponding one of said front or rear leg assemblies and movable therewith into said folded storage position.

18. A walker assembly structured to facilitate an individual mobility, said walker assembly comprising:

a frame selectively disposable between an operative orientation and a stored orientation,

said frame including a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly movably in a connected and relatively disposable between said operable and stored orientations,

said operative orientation comprising said front and rear leg assemblies movably connected and disposed in space, angularly oriented relation to one another,

said stored orientation comprising said front and rear leg assemblies disposed in adjacent, substantially aligned relation along a length of said frame,

a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively connected to a lower portion of each of said front and rear leg assemblies, and

said stored orientation at least partially defined by said frame assuming a compact configuration of substantially reduced transfers and longitudinal dimensions.

19. A walker assembly as recited in claim 19 further comprising a seat movably connected to said frame and disposable in a supporting position when said frame is in said operative orientation.

20. A frame assembly as recited in claim 20 wherein said seat is disposed in substantially aligned relation to said front and rear leg assemblies along a length of said frame when said frame is in said stored orientation and thereby at least partially defining said reduced transfers dimension.

21. A walker assembly as recited in claim 20 further comprising a storage compartment connected to said frame and disposable between an expanded position and a collapsed position when said frame is in said operative orientation and said stored orientation respectively.

22. A walker assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said seat is disposed in substantially covering relation to an interior of said storage compartment when said frame is in said operative orientation.

23. A walker assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said seat is disposable in confronting relation to said back rest when said frame is in said operative orientation.

24. A walker assembly as recited in claim 29 wherein said stored orientation comprises at leas one of said front or rear wheel assemblies in disposable into a folded storage position and thereby at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension.

25. A walker assembly as recite din claim 25 wherein said one front or rear wheel assemblies connected to said lower portion of a corresponding one of said front or rear leg assemblies and movable therewith into said folded storage position.

26. A walker assembly as recite din claim 26 where in said stored orientation further comprises the other of said front or rear wheel assemblies removed from the other of said front or rear leg assemblies.