Brake assembly for a height-adjustable walker apparatus
AssigneeEvolution Technologies Inc.
InventorJulian LIU
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Abstract
There is provided a brake assembly for a height-adjustable walker apparatus. The brake assembly includes a brake actuator, a wheel-engaging brake member and a brake cable assembly. The brake cable assembly includes a flexible, inner cable. The brake cable assembly includes a flexible, outer casing through which the inner cable extends and is moveable relative to. The inner cable has a first end coupled to the brake actuator and a second end coupled to the wheel-engaging brake member. The brake assembly includes a brake cable housing shaped to enclose a slack portion of the brake cable assembly.
Claims20
A brake assembly for a height-adjustable walker apparatus, the brake assembly comprising:
- a brake actuator;
- a wheel-engaging brake member;
- a brake cable assembly including a flexible, inner cable and a flexible, outer casing through which the inner cable extends and is moveable relative thereto, the inner cable having a first end coupled to the brake actuator and a second end coupled to the wheel-engaging brake member;
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- a brake cable housing shaped to enclose a slack portion of the brake cable assembly.
A walker apparatus comprising:
- a length-adjustable assembly of elongate members, the length-adjustable assembly having an upper end, a lower end spaced-apart from the upper end, and an aperture interposed between the upper end and the lower end thereof;
- a brake actuator operatively coupled to the upper end of the length-adjustable assembly;
- a wheel-engaging brake member operatively coupled to the lower end of the length-adjustable assembly;
- a brake cable housing operatively connecting to the length-adjustable assembly at a location between the brake actuator and the wheel-engaging brake member;
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- a brake cable assembly including a flexible, inner cable and a flexible, outer casing through which the inner cable extends and is moveable relative thereto, the inner cable having a first end operatively connected to the brake actuator and a second end operatively connected to the wheel-engaging brake member, the brake cable assembly being primarily enclosed within the length-adjustable assembly with a slack portion of the brake cable assembly extending through the aperture of the length-adjustable assembly and being enclosed within the brake cable housing.
A cable housing for bowden cable in which the cable has a first end coupled to a first portion of an elongate assembly and a second end coupled to a second portion of the assembly whose positioning relative to the first portion is adjustable, the housing being shaped to enclose a loop-shaped portion of the cable which is interposed between the first and the second ends thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.