Walker-IV stand coupler
OwnerGray J. Gordoninventor
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Abstract
A coupler made from cylindrical tubing has elastically deformable ends. Each end has a bifurcation. The bifrcations are mutually perpendicular. One of the bifurcations has a walker coupling location with an orthogonal projection that includes an arc of a circle that has a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of a cylindrical horizontal member of a walker. The other of the bifurcations has an IV stand coupler location with an orthogonal projection that includes an arc of a circle that has a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of a cylindrical member of an IV stand.
Claims2
An apparatus for facilitating unassisted ambulation of a person using a walker and needing to receive fluids intravenously comprising, in combination:
- a walker having a cylindrical horizontal member;
- an IV stand spaced from said walker and having a cylindrical vertical member;
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- a hollow cylindrical tube having one end connected to said cylindrical horizontal member of said walker and another end connected to said cylindrical vertical member of said IV stand, said one end of said hollow cylindrical tube having first quick attach-quick detach snap on means for rapidly connecting to by snapping on and for rapidly disconnecting from by snapping off said cylindrical horizontal member of said walker, said first quick attach-quick detach snap on means comprising a first pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members provided with a transverse cylindrical shaped opening having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said cylindrical horizontal member of said walker, said cylindrical horizontal member of said walker being located in said transverse cylindrical shaped opening in said first pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members, each one of said first pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members having an opening therethrough at an end portion thereof, removable fastening device means penetrating through said opening of each one of said first pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members for securely locking in place in said transverse cylindrical shaped opening said cylindrical horizontal member of said walker, said other end of said cylindrical tube having second quick attach-quick detach snap on means for rapidly connecting to by snapping on and for rapidly disconnecting from by snapping off said cylindrical vertical member of said IV stand, said second quick attach-quick detach snap on means comprising a second pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members provided with a transverse cylindrical shaped opening having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said cylindrical vertical member of said IV stand, said cylindrical vertical member of said IV stand being located in said transverse cylindrical shaped opening in said second pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members, each one of said second pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members having an opening therethrough at an end portion thereof, removable fastening device means penetrating through said opening of each one of said second pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members for securely locking in place in said transverse cylindrical shaped opening said cylindrical vertical member of said IV stand, said transverse cylindrical shaped opening in said first pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members being orthogonal to said transverse cylindrical shaped opening in said second pair of flexible, spaced-apart arcuate shaped members.
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