Universal mount for a walker
AssigneeTubular Fabricators Industry, Inc.
InventorJoseph Battiston
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Abstract
A walker includes a universal mount adapted to interchangeably receive multiple different attachments useful for a patient using the walker. A single walker may have an array of attachments adapted to be interchangeably used by a particular user. Alternatively, a care provider may stock a single walker available for use by many different patients, because individual needs may be met by the different attachments that may be interchangeably used with the mount on the single walker.
Claims18
A walker assembly for assisting a patient with mobility, the walker assembly comprising:
- a pair of side frames, each side frame including a front leg, a rear leg, and a handrail, the handrail joining the upper ends of the front and rear legs;
- a cross member connected on each end to each side frame;
- a tubular universal mount fixed to the cross member, the tubular mount comprising a circular or non-circular cross-sectional geometry;
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- a set of a plurality of different attachments wherein each attachment of the set provides a different function, the plurality of attachments adapted to selectively and slidably engage the mount, the mount interchangeably engaging one attachment of the set of plurality of different attachments.
A walker assembly for assisting a patient with mobility, the assembly comprising:
- a pair of side frames, each side frame including a front leg, a rear leg, and a handrail, the handrail joining the upper ends of the front and rear legs;
- a cross member connected on each end to each side frame;
- a set of a plurality of different attachments wherein each attachment provides a different function;
- a tubular universal mount fixed to the cross member the tubular mount comprising a circular or non-circular cross-sectional geometry, the mount interchangeably receiving one of the attachments from the set of plurality of different attachments;
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- each attachment from the set of plurality of different attachments having a universal connector adapted to be interchangeably received in the universal mount.
A walker assembly for assisting a patient with mobility, the walker assembly comprising:
- a pair of side frames, each side frame including a front leg, a rear leg, and a handrail, the handrail joining the upper ends of the front and rear legs;
- a set of a plurality of different attachments wherein each attachment provides a different function;
- a cross member comprising a universal mount, the mount interchangeably and selectively securing one attachment of the set of a plurality of different attachments;
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- the universal mount positioned in the center of the cross member substantially equidistant from each side frame.
A walker assembly for assisting a patient with mobility, the walker assembly comprising:
- a pair of side frames, each side frame including a front leg, a rear leg, and a handrail, the handrail joining the upper ends of the front and rear legs;
- a set of a plurality of different attachments wherein each attachment provides a different function;
- a cross member comprising a tubular universal mount fixed to the cross member, the tubular mount comprising a circular or non-circular cross-sectional geometry, the mount interchangeably receiving one of the attachments from the set of a plurality of different attachments;
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- each attachment of the set of a plurality of different attachments comprising a tubular connector, each tubular connector being interchangeably and rotatably received by the mount and each connector being releasably locked in at least one orientation with respect to the mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.