Gait assist apparatus
OwnerJeffrey Scott Taltoninventor
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Abstract
A gait assist apparatus having assemblies for a chassis, shock absorption, swivel wheel (casters), pivot, crutch and spring tension. The crutch is fitted onto an upper shaft of a pivot housing to pivot relative to the chassis. A pair of topside tension springs extend from a shock absorption plate to the middle of the crutch. A pair of underside tension springs extends from the bottom end of the crutch to the underside of the chassis. Suspension springs space the shock absorption plate above the chassis. One of the underside tension springs possesses a tension/compression force greater than that of the other tension springs. One of the topside tension springs possesses a tension/compression force greater than that of the other topside tension springs.
Claims20
A gait assist apparatus, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a shock absorbing assembly supported by the chassis, the shock absorbing assembly including a shock absorbing plate and suspension springs between an underside of the shock absorbing plate and the chassis;
- a pivot mechanism that includes a pivot rod and a pivot housing, the pivot housing being arranged to pivot about the pivot rod;
- and tension springs that are supported by at least one of the shock absorbing plate and the chassis to alternatively stretch and compress in dependence upon a relative orientation of the pivot housing with respect to the chassis and the shock absorbing plate during pivoting motion about the pivot rod, the tension springs including a topside pair supported by the shock absorbing plate and an underside pair supported by the chassis;
- a wheel assembly for supporting the chassis in a manner that enables the chassis to roll back and forth via the wheel assembly upon a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.