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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Todd Brockway, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Emily Berman, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Caren Wax, Deerfield, IL (US);
Tambra Martin, Trevor, WI (US);
William Elliott Brooks, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert W. Sheldon, Winnetka, IL (US);
Gregory J. Foster, Chicago, IL (US);
Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a rollator that comprises a supporting frame with a user gripping portion and plural rolling wheels, the frame being foldable over a range of travel between a fully open operating position and a fully closed storage position, and a stand assembly connected to an element of the frame and configured to support the rollator when the rollator is in the fully closed storage position. The stand assembly comprises a stand and a bracket, the stand being pivotable with respect to the bracket and movable over a range of travel between a stowed position and a support position. The stand is equipped with a cam mechanism that includes a cam surface and a sprung follower that engages the cam surface for indexing of the stand in the stowed position or the support position.