Combination walker and transport chair with removable utility tray
OwnerAvery Kirbyinventor
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Abstract
A wheeled walker with a removable utility tray has a frame, front and rear wheels, a pivotable seat, height-adjustable handlebars, push handles, a back rest, brake handles and cables to arrest the walker, a pair of crossbars supporting the frame and a detachable utility tray with a lip to engage the top crossbar, front and side walls, a pair of tray supports extending from the bottom of the tray base down and to the rear and terminating at the bottom crossbar, the lower ends of the supports having a locking groove for engaging the bottom crossbar and a pair of horizontal braces between the tray supports.
Claims4
a wheeled walker having a removable utility tray comprising :
- (a) a walker frame having
- (i) a pair of front wheels rotatable mounted at lower ends of a pair of upwardly extending front leg members;
- (ii) a pair of rear wheels rotatable mounted at lower ends of upwardly extending rear leg members;
- (iii) a horizontal seating surface pivotally mounted at upper ends of said rear leg members, said seating surface pivotable between a first horizontal position for accepting a rearward facing seated user and a second vertical position to provide an enhanced walking space for a user;
- (iv) a pair of height adjustable handle bar members projecting upwardly and rearwardly of said front leg members;
- (v) a pair of push handle assemblies, each disposed at an upper end of one of said handle bar members;
- (vi) a generally arcuate-shaped back rest disposed transversely between the upper ends of said push handle assemblies, said push handle assemblies slideably received for telescopic movement at one end with the ends of the back rest and at the other end with the upper ends of the handle bar members;
- (vii) means for actuating a brake on the rear wheel including
- (vii-a) a brake housing,
- (vii-b) a rearwardly projecting brake handle mounted on said brake housing and pivotable between a neutral position and a brake locking position, and
- (vii-c) a brake cable connected at an upper end to said brake handle and at a lower end to a rear wheel lock, wherein in the brake locking position the brake cable engages the rear wheel lock;
- (viii) a first crossbar member extending transversely between the front leg members adjacent a front edge of said seating surface;
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- (ix) a second crossbar member extending transversely between the lower ends of said front leg members;
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- (b) a removable generally drawer-shaped utility tray detachably mounted on said first and second crossbar members comprising
- (b-i) a tray base with a downwardly extending lip for engaging said first crossbar member, said lip spaced between said front leg members,
- (b-ii) a front wall,
- (b-iii) a pair of side wall members extending from the front wall rearwardly toward the forward end of the horizontal seating surface, and
- (b-iv) a tray support assembly which comprises
- (b-iv-a) a pair of parallel tray supports, each, at an upper end, extending downwardly and rearwardly from a bottom surface of said tray base, said tray supports terminating at a lower end at the second crossbar member, said lower ends of said tray supports having a locking groove for engaging said second crossbar member, wherein said lip and said locking grooves engage said first and second cross bar members, respectively, and restrain the utility tray against front to back and side to side movement, and
- (b-iv-b) a pair of horizontal braces extending between the tray supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.