Wheeled walker

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high and wherein said walker has a lower cross member connecting the front legs adjacent the lower ends of the front legs, the lower cross member having an inverted “u” shape whereby a full size wheeled walker basket may be supported on the lower cross member and including a basket supported on the lower cross member including at least one spacer carried on said lower cross member formed of material softer than the material of said lower cross member whereby to provide cushioning support for said basket.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high and wherein said walker has a lower cross member connecting the front legs adjacent the lower ends of the front legs, the lower cross member having an inverted “u” shape whereby a full size wheeled walker basket may be supported on the lower cross member and including a basket supported on the lower cross member in which the distance from the bottom of said basket to the upper cross member is at least eight inches.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high in which said wheels are eight inches in diameter and the top surface of said seat is between 18 and 18½ inches in which the distance from the bottom of said basket to the upper cross member is nine inches.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high including a basket formed from horizontal and vertical metal wires, a top horizontal metal wire defining the upper surface of said basket, a pair of opposing vertical wires extending upwardly from said upper surface and formed into hooks, the basket being supported via said hooks on the upper front cross member, said opposing vertical wires having substantially greater thickness than adjacent vertical metal wires forming said basket.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high in which said seat is pivotally connected to one of the cross members on which it is carried and can be lifted from the other cross member on which it is carried, the other cross member including at least one spacer carried thereon formed of material softer than the material of the lower cross member whereby to provide cushioning support for the seat when it is lowered onto the other cross member.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high in which said seat is pivotally connected to the upper front cross member and can be lifted from the rear cross member, the rear cross member including at least one spacer carried thereon of material softer than the material of the rear cross member whereby to provide cushioning support for the seat when it is lowered onto the rear cross member.

In a wheeled walker having a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends, a pair of back legs carrying back wheels on their lower ends, an upper front cross member connecting the front legs, a rear cross member connecting the rear legs, and a seat carried by the upper front and rear cross members with the top surface of the seat at a predetermined height, the improvement wherein said wheels are at least seven inches in diameter and the top surface of said rear seat is less than 20 inches high including a tubular seat back bearing a tubular cushion member, said seat back and cushion member having a rearmost depth of about 3 to 8 inches and an arc angle of about 110 to 120 degrees.

A wheeled walker, comprising:

• a pair of front legs carrying front wheels on their lower ends;
• a pair of back legs carrying back-wheels on their lower ends;
• and a tubular seat back bearing a tubular cushion member, said seat back and cushion member having a rearmost depth of about 3 to 8 inches and an arc angle of about 110 to 120 degrees.