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 Title: |
US3788695:
SITTING/STANDING TABLE/WALKER COMBINATION
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Salem, Nazih M. N.; Los Angeles, CA 90069
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1974-01-29
/ 1971-07-12
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| Application Number: |
US1971000161444
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47D 13/04;
A61G 5/00;
A61G 5/10;
A61G 5/12;
IPC-7:
A47D 13/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47D1/00E; A47D13/04B; A61G5/00; A61G5/10A; K61G5/10Z7; K61G5/12A; K61G5/12E; K61G5/12H; K61G200/14;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
297/006;
004/480;
297/005;
297/DIG.004;
Original:
297/006;
297/005;
297/DIG.4;
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| Field of Search: |
297/005,6,123,135,115,145-149,150,152,153,154,155,156,161,160,162,173,174,192,193,DIG. 4,421
005/066,81,327,338
128/033
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| Priority Number: |
| 1971-07-12 |
US1971000161444 |
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| Abstract: |
The invention is a therapeutic device or appliance for treating people, particularly children, afflicted with diseases such as cerebral palsy, muscular distrophy, and similar incapacitating diseases. It is a sitting/standing table adapted as a walker. The seat is adjustable for standing. Vertical adjustments are provided for table and seat. Adjustable supports are provided for the patient's thighs. Attachments are provided, including commode, abduction seat, and footrest platform.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Albert M. Herzig et al. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Gilliam, Paul R.;
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None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A therapeutic appliance comprising:
- a frame having an open bottom portion mounted on casters;
- upright frame members extending upwardly from said bottom portion;
- a unitary secondary frame vertically adjustable on said upright frame members and having mounted thereon, a generally upright seat back, a generally horizontal seat on said unitary secondary frame extending forwardly from adjacent the bottom of said seat back, a table on said secondary frame above and forwardly of said seat and adjustable toward and away from the seat back and having a cut-out at its edge nearest said seat back;
- said seat being mounted on said secondary frame for fore-and-aft sliding adjustment below said bottom of said seat back and for pivotal movement from said generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position closely adjacent, below and coplanar with said seat back about an axis intermediate the front and rear edges of said seat; and a removable platform selectively positionable within the frame for supporting the user's feet.
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| Forward References: |
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