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US 2022/0054346 A1Published application
Powered Walking Assistance Device With Cane Portion Used as Joystick Controller
OwnerJames L. Kinginventor
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Abstract
An electronic walking assistance device, has a cane portion, having surfaces for holding against arms and/or hands of a user; and an electromotive device, which automatically creates motion to follow a movement of the user, enabling walking assistance without lifting the handle portion or the electromotive device off the ground.
Claims35
An electronic walking assistance device, comprising:
- a cane portion, having surfaces for holding against arms and/or hands of a user;
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- an electromotive device, which automatically creates motion to follow a movement of the user, enabling walking assistance without lifting the electromotive device off the ground.
An electronic walking assistance device, comprising:
- a handle, having surfaces on a first end for holding against arms and/or hands of a user;
- a movement device, that has at least one wheel that move on the ground based on a direction of pressure against a surface thereof;
- a cane, connecting between the handle at a first end, and the movement device at a second end;
- and a tactile joystick connection between a second end of the cane and the ground attaching movement device, which allows the unit to tilt + and −10° side to side on the bolt axle, but not to rotate, and not to pivot forward or backward.
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A method of using an electronic walking assistance device, comprising:
- connecting a handle to a cane device, to a self leveling motive device;
- the user moving by by holding the handle stationary relative to the body to transfer transferring movement of the body to a tactile joystick staff the motive device, that senses the movement of the body and the self leveling motive device automatically follows the user's movements by moving based on the movement of the body while allowing up to 10 degrees of side to side movement without moving but moving forward and backward as the user moves forward and backward,
- to follow the user's movement without lifting the end of the cane off the ground during walking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.