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US 11,510,842 B2Granted
Ergonomic ambulation assist device
AssigneeDelphine HC Innovations, LLC
InventorRose M. Rohloff
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Abstract
An ergonomic walking assistance device is disclosed. The walking assistance device includes a pair of front struts. Each of the front struts include a leg and an angled section. Each of the legs support a footing device in contact with the ground. The device includes a pair of rear struts. Each of the rear struts include a leg and a cylindrical section. Each of the leg support a footing device in contact with the ground. A pair of side supports are provided that each connecting the front struts to the rear struts. A U-shaped lateral section connects the forward struts with the rear struts. The lateral section includes a pair of arm members extending on each side of the user. A frame is defined by the lateral section and forward and rear struts, allowing access between the forward struts for a user of the device.
Claims20
A walking assistance device comprising:
- a first and second forward strut each having a leg supporting a footing device in contact with a ground surface;
- a first and second rear strut each having a leg supporting a footing device in contact with the ground surface;
- a first rear horizontal strut having two laterally extending side arm members;
- a first and second upper support cylinder, the first upper support cylinder connecting the first forward strut with the first rear strut and connecting the first forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut, the second upper support cylinder connecting the second forward strut with the second rear strut and connecting the second forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut,
- wherein each of the side arm members comprises a forearm support having a hand support, the hand support having a heel contact surface, and the forearm support and the hand support together positioning the heel contact surface for contact with a heel of a hand of a user and forcing the hand to a handshake position,
- wherein the forward and rear struts each comprise an angled section between the respective portion of the leg supporting the respective footing device and the respective connection to the first rear horizontal strut, and
- a second rear horizontal strut having two support members, each support member connecting the respective side arm member with the respective upper support cylinder, and the second rear horizontal strut connecting the first upper support cylinder with the second upper support cylinder,
- wherein the first and second rear horizontal struts and the forward and rear struts together allow access between the forward struts for the user of the device.
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A walking assistance device comprising:
- a first and second forward struts each having a leg supporting a footing device in contact with a ground surface;
- a first and second rear struts each having a leg supporting a footing device in contact with the ground surface;
- a first rear horizontal strut;
- a first and second upper support cylinder, the first upper support cylinder connecting the first forward strut with the first rear strut and connecting the first forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut, the second upper support cylinder connecting the second forward strut with the second rear strut and connecting the second forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut,
- herein the first rear horizontal strut comprises a pair of side arm members extending on each side of the user and a pair of forearm supports each having a hand support, the hand support having a heel contact surface, and the forearm support and the hand support together positioning the heel contact surface for contact with a heel of a hand of the user and forcing the hand to a handshake position,
- wherein each hand support is ergonomically formed of a soft material, and
- wherein each hand support is configured to form a hand-shake with one of the hands of the user;
- and
- a second rear horizontal strut having two support members, each support member connecting the respective side arm member with the respective upper support cylinder, and the second rear horizontal strut connecting the first upper support cylinder with the second upper support cylinder,
- wherein the first and second rear horizontal struts and the forward and rear struts together allowing access between the forward struts for the user of the device.
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A walking assistance device allowing assistance of a user in walking, the device comprising:
- a first and second forward struts, each of the struts comprising a leg and an angled section,
- wherein the leg supports a footing device in contact with a ground surface;
- a first and second rear struts, each of the rear struts comprising a leg, an angled section, and a cylindrical section,
- wherein the leg supports a footing device in contact with the ground surface;
- a pair of side supports, each connecting the forward struts to the rear struts;
- a first rear horizontal strut;
- a first and second upper support cylinder, the first upper support cylinder connecting the first forward strut with the first rear strut and connecting the first forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut, the second upper support cylinder connecting the second forward strut with the second rear strut and connecting the second forward and rear struts with the first rear horizontal strut,
- wherein the first rear horizontal strut comprises a pair of side arm members extending on each side of the user and a pair of forearm supports each having a hand support, the hand support having a heel contact surface, and the forearm support and the hand support together positioning the heel contact surface for contact with a heel of a hand of the user and forcing the hand to a handshake position, and
- a second rear horizontal strut having two support members, each support member connecting the respective side arm member with the respective upper support cylinder, and the second rear horizontal strut connecting the first upper support cylinder with the second upper support cylinder,
- wherein the first and second rear horizontal struts and the forward and rear struts together allowing access between the forward struts for the user of the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.