US 7,802,659 B2 · Brake control device for a wheeled walker

Abstract

A brake control device has a handle, a controlling lever, a driving member and a swing lever. The controlling lever is designed for manipulating by hand and fingers that can be shifted between a braked position, a temporary braked position, and a released position. The swing lever has one end pivotally connected to the handle, and another end pivotally connected with the controlling lever and the driving member. The driving member has a portion slidably abutting an upper wall formed within the handle, and drives braking mechanism by pulling a connecting element via a rotation while the controlling lever moves the driving member either downwardly or upwardly. Preferably, the controlling lever is formed with a stop or protrusion at the lower edge thereof for self-keeping in the braked position for parking the wheeled walker.

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Dependent claims

A brake control device for a wheeled walker, comprising:

a handle connected with the wheeled walker, having a wall formed with a receiving space having a upper wall, a inner edge, and a lower edge;
a swing lever having a second end pivoted within the receiving space by a first pivot member, and a first end which is rotatable about the second end;
a driving member connected with a braking mechanism through a connecting element for braking the wheeled walker, formed with a sliding tip for slidably abutting against the upper wall, a second abutting portion for abutting on the first pivot member, and a pivot hole for pivot at the first end of the swing lever by a second pivoting member;
and
a controlling lever formed with a pivot hole for pivoting with the driving member and the swing lever by the second pivoting member, and a first abutting portion for abutting on the first pivot member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Brake control device for a wheeled walker

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Brake control device for a wheeled walker

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Abstract

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