Walker apparatus
OwnerEthel Maxine Menefeeinventor
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Abstract
A seatless, multiple-wheel glide-type walker (10) is provided which has a frame (12) equipped with an offset foot plate (18) oriented for placement of a user's foot thereon in order to support substantially the entire weight of the user. The user's free foot can then be used to propel the walker (10) forwardly along a support surface (16). Rearmost outriggers (80, 82) secured to the frame (12) prevent inadvertent rear overturning of the walker (10). In practice, the user stands with one foot on the foot plate (18) and periodically pushes the walker (10) forwardly using the other foot, all while the user maintains a substantially erect position.
Claims25
A walker comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled with and supporting said frame, including a pair of laterally spaced apart wheels, so as to render the frame mobile;
- and
- a foot plate secured to said frame and oriented and operable for a user of the walker to stand with one of the user's feet on the foot plate in a substantially erect position and with the foot plate supporting substantially all of the user's weight,
- said walker having no seat for the user.
A walker comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled with and supporting said frame, including a pair of laterally spaced apart wheels, so as to render the frame mobile;
- and
- a foot plate secured to said frame and oriented and operable for a user of the walker to stand with one of the user's feet on the foot plate in a substantially erect position and with the foot plate supporting substantially all of the user's weight,
- the lower peripheries of said plurality of wheels lying in a common horizontal plane, said foot plate being spaced above said plane a distance of up to about 6 inches.
A walker comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled with and supporting said frame, including a pair of laterally spaced apart wheels, so as to render the frame mobile;
- and
- a foot plate secured to said frame and oriented and operable for a user of the walker to stand with one of the user's feet on the foot plate in a substantially erect position and with the foot plate supporting substantially all of the user's weight,
- said walker having a central fore and aft axis between said laterally spaced apart wheels, said foot plate being located in laterally spaced relationship to said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.