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 Title: |
US4188966:
Walking support device
[ Derwent Title ]
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Palmer, Oakley B.; Downey, CA 90242
Lett, Russell M.; Claremont, CA 91711
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1980-02-19
/ 1978-10-04
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| Application Number: |
US1978000948396
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61H 3/04;
F16M 13/08;
A61H 3/00;
Core:
F16M 13/06;
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IPC-7:
A61H 3/04;
F16M 13/08;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61H3/04; F16M13/08; K61H3/00H;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
135/067;
297/005;
482/067;
Original:
135/067;
297/005;
272/070.3;
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| Field of Search: |
135/067
297/005
272/70.3,70.4
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| Priority Number: |
| 1978-10-04 |
US1978000948396 |
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| Abstract: |
An adjustable walking support device adapted to restrain an infant or an invalid in an upright position and including a wheeled carriage through which the feet of the supported person descend to contact the ground. The support device itself includes a T-shaped seat bar cantilevered from one edge of a hinged parallelogram, the parallelogram including an internally directed spring for biasing the alignment thereof. Included further in the parallelogram and extending diagonally across the pivots thereof is a hydraulic strut for controlling the rate of descent or ascent of the seat support. Deployed above the seat support, once more in cantilever, is a U-shaped bracket for restraining the torso of the user. This same device may include, in alignment above the bracket and the seat support, a head support fixture, thus providing for control over the body alignment of incapacitated patients.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Babcock, William C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Machado, Reinaldo P.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A walking support device for restraining the body of a person in an upright position comprising:
- a U-shaped support frame mounted on casters for horizontal translation on ground;
- an adjustable frame member connected to said frame proximate the center of the middle element thereof;
- a pivotally joined parallelogram structure connected to said frame member for pivotal articulation over the opening in said U-shaped frame;
- spring biasing means connected between said parallelogram structure and said frame member for biasing thereof to a preselected deployment;
- seat support means connected to said parallelogram structure and deployed to extend in cantilever therefrom; and
- a U-shaped torso brace connected to said parallelogram structure above said seat support means, said brace being conformed to surround the upper torso of said person.
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