Mechanical self-leveling walker
AssigneeThe United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorsRonald J Triolo, Kevin M Foglyano
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AssigneeThe United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorsRonald J Triolo, Kevin M Foglyano
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A walker for maintaining balance and stability has extendable and retractable struts positioned within tubular legs for leveling the walker when climbing stairs, a curb or an incline. The struts on each side of the walker are connected to one another via cables which coordinate the motion of the struts so that when the front struts retract within their respective tubular legs the rear struts extend proportionally and vice versa. The cables may be arranged using pulleys mounted within the tubular legs or Bowden cables may be used within each of the tubular legs. User actuated clutches engage the cables to arrest the motion of the struts and temporarily fix them in a desired configuration.
A walker for maintaining balance and stability of a user, said walker comprising:
A walker for maintaining balance and stability of a user, said walker comprising:
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