Assisted walking apparatus

Walking apparatus for assisting a disabled person to walk, said apparatus comprising:

• a frame comprising a pair of lower horizontal members between which said person may stand and a vertical member extending upwardly for disposition behind said persons back;
• a forward pair of ground engaging wheels each one of which is attached to a forward wheel mount which extends downwardly from a forward end of one of said lower horizontal members, said wheel mount allowing said wheels to pivot about a vertical axis;
• at least one rear ground engaging wheel attached to a rear wheel mount attached to the rear of said frame;
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• steering means mounted on said frame, connected to said forward wheel mounts and manipulatable by the hands of said person for pivoting of said forward pair of wheels about said vertical axis to steer said apparatus in a desired direction;
• said steering means comprising a pair of driven members each one of which is attached to one of said forward wheel mounts for rotation about said vertical axis to effect said pivoting of said forward wheels, a driving member mounted at the rear of said frame for rotation about a vertical axis, flexible means connecting said driving member with said driven members and means for rotating said driving member so that said flexible means rotates said driven members, pivoting said pair of forward wheels to steer said apparatus in said desired direction.