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US 4,228,599 AGranted
Method for recording the walking ability of an individual
OwnerDavid F. Websterinventor
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Abstract
A simple form of testing device is provided to record an individual's walking ability under the conditions existing at the time of the test. The individual's walking ability may be open to question because of ill health occasioned by a stroke or because of a suspicion that the individual is under the influence of alcohol or a drug.
Claims4
A method for recording a person's ability to walk in a predetermined area comprising the steps of:
- providing a bottom sheet with at least one record area and marginal portions on either side of the record area;
- placing adhesive means on said bottom sheet only in said record area and maintaining said marginal areas free of adhesive;
- placing a cover sheet over said bottom sheet;
- placing at least one strip of transfer means on the underside of said cover sheet;
- defining a test area on said cover sheet between the marginal edges of said cover sheet so that said test area is coincident only with said bottom sheet adhesive means and said record area;
- walking on said test area by a person undergoing a test;
- forming prints on said record area only of that portion of a person's foot which contacts said test area and forming a record of a person's path as such person traverses said test area.
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