Apparatus for containing and centering oxygen bottle on a walker
OwnerRoger H. Hamiltoninventor
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Abstract
A walker for providing a patient having a breathing disorder the ability to carry an oxygen bottle safely upon the walker. The walker has a pair of side frames having front vertical bars that are connected by a pair of cross members. Wheels are attached to the front bars of the frame for propelling the walker. An open top canvas bag containing the oxygen bottle is suspended from the top cross member so that the center of gravity of the bottle lies in a common vertical plane with the wheel axis and is centered between the frames. Stabilizers are provided to prevent the bottle from moving side to side or out of the frame.
Claims14
A walker for providing a patient with a breathing disorder additional mobility, wherein said walker comprises:
- a pair of side frames, each of said side frames including a vertically disposed front leg and a vertically disposed rear leg, a horizontally disposed hand rail connecting the upper sections of the front and rear legs and a horizontally disposed lower rail connecting the lower sections of the front and rear legs,
- upper and lower cross members connecting the front legs of the two side frames and supporting the frames in a spaced-apart relationship,
- an elongated cylindrical open top container sized for snugly containing an oxygen bottle,
- hanger means for suspending said container in a vertical plane from one of said cross members so that the container and a contained oxygen bottle are each centered between the side frames, said hanger means including a first top hanger strap secured to said container for securing and hanging said container to the center of said upper cross member and second and third top hanger straps secured to said container on each side of said first top hanger strap, each of said hanger straps being secured to said upper cross member within the periphery of said elongated cylindrical container, and
- stabilizing means for centering the bottom of said elongated cylindrical container relative to the side frames and for preventing the container from moving out of the vertical plane.
An oxigen bottle supporting apparatus used with a walker, said apparatus comprising a cylindrical elongated open-top flexible bag sized for snugly containing a cylindrical oxygen bottle therein;
- hanger means for suspending said bag in a vertical plane from a cross member of said walker such that the bag and a contained oxygen bottle are each centered between a pair of side frames of said walker, said hanger means including a first hanger strap secured to said bag for securing a and hanging said bag to the center of a cross member of said walker and second and third hanger straps secured to said bag on each said first hangers strap, each of said hanger straps being secured to a cross member of the walker within a periphery of the cylindrical bag;
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- stabilizing means for centering the bottom of said elongated open top bag relative to side frames of said walker and for preventing the flexible bag and contained oxygen bottle from moving out of a mounted vertical plane said stabilizing means including first and second stabilizing straps, each of said stabilizing straps being secured at one end to the bottom of said bag, and having a length so that an opposite end of each said of straps can loop a front member of the walker, and an adjustable connecting means for attaching the opposite end of each stabilizing strap back onto an intermediate portion of the length of said strap after looping the front member of the walker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.