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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Emmanuel A. Hanna, Lakeview Terrace, CA (US);
Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., North Hollywood, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like which pivots between a non-in-use and an in-use position. The pivoting of the device is assisted by a torsion member acting between the base member and the body. The torsion device is selected so as to retain the body in its non-in-use position when placed in that position. The weight of the pivoting body of the present invention overcomes the force generated by the torsion member when the body is placed in the in-use position so as to retain that orientation. Moreover, the torsion member acts to assist the user of the device in counteracting the weight of the pivoting body member when the body member is moved between the non-in-used position and the in-use position.