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US 11,628,119 B2Granted
Guiding system
OwnerMichael Joseph Mongiello, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a walker and a guider attached to the walker. The guider has three sides. The first side of the three sides attaches to a front of the walker. The second side of the three sides attaches to a first side of the walker. The third side of the three sides attaches to a second side of the walker.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a walker;
- and
- a guider attached to the walker, wherein the guider is enabled to prevent a person using the walker from having the person's feet extend outside the perimeter of the walker and to guide the person's feet in a first direction of the walker when the walker is pushed in the first direction, and wherein the guider is configured to move the person's feet in a second direction of the walker when the walker is pushed in the second direction;
- wherein, the guider has three sides,
- wherein:
- the three sides include a first side, a second side, and a third side,
- wherein:
- the first side is attached to the second side and the first side attached to the third side, and the first side:
- faces the front of the walker without any portion of the first side touching the walker,
- does not attach to any intermediate device that attaches to two front legs of the walker,
- does not attach to any other intermediate device that attaches to a front bar of the walker, and
- is located behind the two front legs of the walker,
- the second side is attached to a first side bar of the walker,
- wherein the second side has a curved top section that wraps around the first side bar of the walker and the second side has a first set of straps located at the top of the second side that wrap around the curved top section of the second side;
- the third side is attached to a second side bar of the walker,
- wherein the third side has another curved top section that wraps around the second side bar of the walker and the third side has another set of straps located at the top of the third side that wraps around the curved top section of the third side,
- wherein the first side includes a first layer and a second layer,
- wherein the first layer has a first slot that extends in a horizontal length that is perpendicular to the two front legs, and the second layer has a second slot that also extends in a horizontal length that is perpendicular to the two front legs, and
- wherein the first layer is attached to the second layer via one or more screws that connect the first layer and the second layer via the first and the second slots and that enable the first layer or the second layer to move in a horizontal direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker;
- wherein the second side includes a third layer and a fourth layer,
- wherein the third layer has a third slot that extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the first side bar, and the second layer has a fourth slot that also extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular the first side bar, and
- wherein the third layer is attached to the fourth layer via one or more additional screws passing through the third slot and the fourth slot that enable the third layer or the fourth layer to move in a second direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker and to enable the front side to be located behind the two front legs;
- wherein the third side includes a fifth layer and a sixth layer;
- wherein the fifth layer has a fifth slot that extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the second side bar, and the sixth layer has a sixth slot that also extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the second side bar, and
- wherein the fifth layer is attached to the sixth layer via one or more other screws passing through the fifth slot and the sixth slot that connect the fifth layer to the sixth layer and enable the fifth layer or the sixth layer to move in the second direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker and to enable the front side to be located behind the two front legs.
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A method, comprising:
- pushing a walker system in a first direction,
- wherein the walker system includes a walker and a guider,
- wherein the guider has a first side, a second side, and a third side,
- wherein:
- the first side of the guider:
- faces the front of the walker without any portion of the first side touching the walker,
- does not attach to any intermediate device that attaches to two front legs of the walker
- does not attach to any other intermediate device that attaches to a front bar of the walker, and
- is located behind the two front legs of the walker, the second side of the guider is attached to a first side bar of the walker,
- wherein the second side has a curved top section that wraps around the first side bar of the walker and the second side has a first set of straps located at the top of the second side that wrap around the curved top section of the second side;
- the third side of the guider is attached to a second side bar of the walker,
- wherein the third side has another curved top section that wraps around the second side bar of the walker and the third side has another set of straps located at the top of the third side that wraps around the curved top section of the third side,
- wherein the first side includes a first layer and a second layer,
- wherein the first layer has a first slot that extends in a horizontal length that is perpendicular to the two front legs, and the second layer has a second slot that also extends in a horizontal length that is perpendicular to the two front legs, and
- wherein the first layer is attached to the second layer via one or more screws passing through the first slot and the second slot that enable the first layer or the second layer to move in a horizontal direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker;
- wherein the second side includes a third layer and a fourth layer,
- wherein the third layer has a third slot that extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the first side bar, and the fourth layer has a fourth slot that also extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the first side bar, and
- wherein the third layer is attached to the fourth layer via one or more additional screws passing through the third slot and the fourth slot that enable the third layer or the fourth layer to move in a second direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker and to enable the front side to be located behind the two front legs;
- wherein the third side includes a fifth layer and a sixth layer;
- wherein the fifth layer has a fifth slot that extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the second side bar, and
- the sixth layer has a slot that also extends in a vertical length that is perpendicular to the second side bar, and
- wherein the fifth layer is attached to the sixth layer via one or more other screws passing through the fifth slot and the sixth slot that enable the fifth layer or the sixth layer to move in the second direction so as to enable the guider to attach to the walker and to enable the front side to be located behind the two front legs,
- and
- wherein, when the walker system is pushed in the first direction:
- the first side prevents a person's feet, of the person using the walker, from moving in a direction that is different than the first direction,
- the second side keeps the person's feet to move within a perimeter of the walker, and
- the third side keeps the person's feet to stay within the perimeter of the walker;
- and
- pushing the walker system in a second direction,
- wherein, when the walker system is pushed in the second direction:
- the first side prevents a person's feet, of the person using the walker system, from moving in a direction that is different than the second direction, and
- the second side continues to keeps the person's feet to move within a perimeter of the walker, and
- the third side continues to keeps the person's feet to stay within the perimeter of the walker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.