Breakaway walker tray
OwnerCandece Downesinventor
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Abstract
The breakaway walker tray includes a body defining a relatively planar surface and a pair of tubular grips formed from a portion of the body and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker. Each of the pair of tubular grips may be respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial friction-fit engagement therewith substantially along an entire surface area thereof. Moreover, the pair of tubular grips may break away from the pair of supports when under a load of a user falling on the body. Additionally, the body may also be made from a material having a rigidity maintaining the structure of the relatively planar surface when the body is coupled to the walker, while also being crushable under the weight of a user of the walker.
Claims27
A breakaway walker tray, comprising:
- a body having a thickness between a top surface and a bottom surface, and a pair of distal ends having a continuous downward slope;
- a pair of tubular grips extending a width of the body, comprising the same material as the body, and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker, each of the pair of tubular grips are respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial engagement therewith along an entire surface area thereof;
- wherein the pair of tubular grips breakaway from the pair of supports when under a load of a user falling on the body;
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- wherein one of the pair of tubular grips is respectively formed from each distal end underneath the continuous downward slope such that the thickness of the body measured between the top surface and the bottom surface varies in a frontal cross-section plane across where each tubular grip is formed from the respective distal end of the body underneath the continuous downward slope.
A breakaway walker tray, comprising:
- a body having a planar shape for select reception within a three-sided enclosure defined by a set of support members forming a walker;
- a pair of grips formed from the body and having a size and shape for select engagement with a pair of the set of support members of the walker;
- an insert having an arcuate configuration tracking a surface area of one of the pair of grips and comprising a material harder than the body;
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- wherein the body comprises a material having a rigidity maintaining the planar shape of the body when the body spans between the pair of the set of support members when coupled to the walker by the pair of grips, yet being crushable under the weight of a user of the walker.
A breakaway walker tray, comprising:
- a body defining a planar surface;
- a pair of tubular grips formed from a portion of the body and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker, each of the pair of tubular grips are respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial engagement therewith along an entire surface area thereof, wherein the pair of tubular grips breakaway from the pair of supports when under a load of a user falling on the body;
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- a pair of rear vertical block grips extending through a thickness of the body and intersecting the pair of tubular grips comprising a pair of slotted channels in a bottom surface of the body, the pair of rear vertical block grips and the pair of slotted channels are each respectively engageable with a pair of upright walker arms and a pair of front support brackets of the walker.
A breakaway walker tray, comprising:
- a body defining a planar surface;
- a pair of tubular grips formed from a portion of the body and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker, each of the pair of tubular grips are respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial engagement therewith along an entire surface area thereof, wherein the pair of tubular grips breakaway from the pair of supports when under a load of a user falling on the body;
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- a horizontal front tubular grip comprising a front longitudinal channel from a bottom surface of the body in the form of a central protective sleeve cutout flanked on each side by a pair of smaller arcuate front support channels, the horizontal front tubular grip being of a size and shape to accommodate select friction-fit engagement with an arcuate front support member of the walker.
A breakaway walker tray, comprising:
- a body defining a planar surface;
- a pair of tubular grips formed from a portion of the body and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker, each of the pair of tubular grips are respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial engagement therewith along an entire surface area thereof, wherein the pair of tubular grips breakaway from the pair of supports when under a load of a user falling on the body;
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- an insert having a generally arcuate configuration tracking a surface area of one of the pair of tubular grips and comprising a material relatively harder than the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.