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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan J Miller, Skokie, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ; B62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 8705 ; 280 87041 ; 482 66 ; 482 68 ;
Abstract
A foldable walking stabilizer device to assist movement of a physically disabled person, having a base with horizontally aligned opposed arms joined by a connecting arm, rotatable wheel assemblies adapted for rotation responsive to movement by a disabled person, one wheel assembly arranged on each of opposed base arms, upright members extending from each opposed arm above a wheel assemblies, supporting the disabled person between the base arms, and means for regulating movement of the device. The device has a novel spring loaded caster assembly for clearing obstacles, and a braking and tension system which permit the device to be stopped or slowed down.