Ambulatory aid
OwnerEmilie D. Fanteinventor
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Abstract
An ambulatory aid for use with conventional, physical therapy walker railings of the type found in most hospitals includes a horizontal rod extending from a patient brace to each of the walker railings, with means for holding the patient to the brace and the ends of the rod to the railings. The aid has wheels and stabilizers coupled with the brace and rod to prevent the patient from falling forward or backward while moving between the walker railings, and is provided with a handle attached to the rod and brace for further patient support.
Claims15
An ambulatory aid for use with conventional, approximately waist-high physical therapy walker railings of the type found in hospitals, nursing homes and the like for assisting a patient in ambulating in a forward direction between said railings, said aid comprising:
- (a) a patient brace;
- (b) means for holding a patient against said brace;
- (c) a rod fixed with, and extending laterally from each edge of said brace;
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- (d) means at the outer extremity of each said rod for making low friction contact with said railings, to thereby permit a patient in said brace to ambulate in said forward direction without holding on to said railings.
An ambulatory aid for use with conventional, approximately waist-high physical therapy walker railings of the type found in hospitals, nursing homes and the like for assisting a patient in ambulating in a forward direction between said railings, said aid comprising:
- (a) a flat plate adapted to extend vertically between said railings, said plate having padding along a front side thereof;
- (b) means including a pair of straps attached along opposing edges of said plate for encircling the patient and a buckle for adjustably coupling said straps together, for holding a patient against said brace;
- (c) a rod extending laterally from each edge of said plates;
- (d) a bearing member at the end of each rod for making low friction contact with the corresponding one of said railings;
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- (e) means for adjusting the lateral dimension between each edge of said plate and the corresponding bearing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.