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 Title: |
US4621804:
Therapeutic roller/walker
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Mueller, Robin R.; Scottsdale, AZ
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| Assignee: |
R-Jayco Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-11-11
/ 1985-03-25
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| Application Number: |
US1985000715910
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47D 13/04;
A61H 3/04;
A61H 3/00;
IPC-7:
A47D 13/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47D13/04B; A61H3/04; K61H201/16A12B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
280/087.041;
016/033;
135/067;
280/043.23;
280/087.021;
280/087.051;
297/006;
D12/130;
Original:
272/070.3;
280/043.23;
280/087.02W;
297/006;
016/033;
135/067;
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| Field of Search: |
135/067
272/70.3,70.4,70
280/87.02 W,87.02 R,87.04 R,7.17
297/004,5,6,45,441,443,445,457,458,459
D03/7;8
D06/333,334,335,340,342,344,347,354,363,367,368
005/122,123
016/024,32,33
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| Priority Number: |
| 1985-03-25 |
US1985000715910 |
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| Abstract: |
A therapeutic walker has features which permit its use by persons with varying degrees of disability and is capable of adaptation to be used in different ways as the level of disability diminishes. A walker frame extends substantially around three sides of the region occupied by person using the walker and a removable closure bar is attached across the frame on its open side. An elongated crotch-cradling panel of flexible material is removably attached between the closure bar and the frame on the opposite side of the walker. The person using the walker straddles the crotch-cradling panel which is adjustable in length for persons of different sizes. The legs of the walker are adjustable in height and terminate in removable or retractable casters. A person using the walker can either sit down on the seat or stand up in the walker (with appropriate adjustments being made in the length of the legs). In more severe cases of disability, the caster wheels are employed and the seat acts as a safety feature if the person using the walker should stumble or fall, since it will catch the person and prevent or minimize injury. For persons with less disability, the seat may be removed and the casters may be removed or retracted; so that the walker can be used in a conventional manner.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Ptak, LaValle D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Johnson, Richard J.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A therapeutic walker particularly suitable for use by persons with varying degrees of disability during the progress of rehabilitation including in combination:
- a frame extending around at least three sides of a region occupied by a person using the walker, said frame functioning as hand rails for such person;
- a closure bar movably attached to said frame to selectively close the fourth side of the region occupied by a person using the walker;
- an elongated crotch-cradling panel of flexible material, attached between opposite sides of said frame to be draped in a generally U-shaped configuration and adapted to pass entirely between the legs of a person using said walker, said panel being removably attached at at least one end thereof, said crotch-cradling panel functioning as a seat located substantially in the center of the region within said frame; and
- a plurality of legs attached at spaced locations to said frame and extending downwardly therefrom for supporting said frame on the surface on which the walker is used.
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