Walker with folding seat
AssigneeGuardian Products, Inc.
InventorsEric P. Rose, Christopher R. Reed
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Abstract
A walker with a retrofittable foldable sheet has at least one front leg and a plurality of rear legs. Clamps attach to each of the legs and a seat extends over and is supported by the clamps. A guide connects a portion of the seat to at least one of the front legs to allow the seat to be moved from an in-use position to a storage position against the front legs. The seat has a receptacle for each clamp when positioned for use and a receptacle for each front clamp and for the guide when in storage. Clips are used to hold the walker against the front legs of the walker.
Claims31
A walker with a foldable seat comprising:
- at least one front leg;
- a plurality of rear legs;
- a plurality of clamps, each clamp connected to one of the plurality of legs and each clamp having a tab;
- a seat having a plurality of receptacles located at spaced intervals on the underside of the seat, each receptacle corresponding to and adapted to engage one of the tabs for supporting the seat;
- at least one elongated arm pivotally engaged with and extending between a first pivot point located at a seat receptacle adjacent the front edge of the seat and a second pivot point located on a corresponding front leg clamp so that the seat may be moved from an in-use position supported by the tabs to a storage position against the front legs.
A foldable seat for use with a walker having at least one front leg and a plurality of rear legs, the foldable seat comprising:
- a plurality of clamps adapted to connect to a plurality of the legs, each clamp having a tab;
- a seat having a plurality of receptacles located at spaced intervals on the underside of the seat, each receptacle corresponding to and adapted to engage one of the tabs for supporting the seat;
- at least one elongated arm pivotally engaged with and extending between a first pivot point located at a seat receptacle adjacent the front edge of the seat and a second pivot point located on a corresponding front leg clamp so that the seat may be moved from an in-use position supported by the tabs to a storage position against the front legs.
A kit for retrofitting a walker with a foldable seat, having component parts capable of being attached to a walker, the kit comprising the combination of:
- a seat for supporting a person;
- said seat having a plurality of receptacles located at spaced intervals on the underside of the seat,
- a plurality of clamps for supporting the seat, each clamp adapted to connect to a part of the walker and engage a corresponding receptacle on the seat;
- at least one elongated arm adopted to pivotally engage and extend between a first pivot point located at a receptacle adjacent the front edge of the seat and a second pivot point located on a corresponding front clamp to permit the seat to be moved from an in-use position supported by the clamps to a storage position folded against a part of the walker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.