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US 9,808,391 B1Granted
Walker safety device
AssigneeLorie Zacharias-Verdi
InventorEamon Carrig
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Abstract
A safety device for a walker includes a distance measuring sensor for determining whether a user is at too far or too close distances relative to the front side of the walker. The sensor provides data to a CPU processor indicative of such events. The processor includes logic which analyzes such data and provides audial, visual and/or tactile stimuli to the user warning the user that he/she is at undesirable distances relative to the walker. The process logic can be modified so as to vary the type and/or frequency of warnings given to the user.
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A safety device for a walker comprising:
- a housing configured for attachment to a walker along a front side thereof, said housing presenting at least a first electronic warning display;
- an electronic sensor within said housing for providing data corresponding to a distance of a user from the front side of the walker, said data including a first set of data indicative of a user of the walker being at a first distance from the front side of the walker, said data also including a second set of data indicative of a user being at a second distance from the front side of the walker;
- an electronic module coupled with the sensor for processing said data provided by said sensor, said electronic module energizing at least said first electronic warning display upon said processing of said first data set if said first distance is greater than a first preset distance, and said electronic module energizing at least said first electronic warning display upon said processing of said second data set if said second distance is less than a second preset distance, wherein said second preset distance is less than said first preset distance.
A safety device for a walker comprising:
- a housing configured for attachment to a walker along a front side thereof, said housing presenting first and second warning displays;
- an electronic sensor within said housing for providing data corresponding to a distance of a user of the walker from the housing, said provided data including data corresponding to a first distance of the user from said housing, said provided data also including data corresponding to a second distance of the user from said housing;
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- a processor coupled with the sensor for analyzing said provided data, said processor energizing said first warning display upon analyzing said data corresponding to said first distance if said first distance is greater than a first preset distance, said processor energizing said second warning display upon analyzing said data corresponding to said second distance if said second distance is less than a second preset distance, wherein said second preset distance is less than said first preset distance.
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A safety walker device comprising:
- a housing configured for attachment to a walker along a front side thereof;
- means for providing a visual stimuli to a user of the walker:
- means for providing an audial stimuli to a user of the walker:
- means for providing tactile stimuli to a user of the walker;
- a sensor within said housing for providing data indicative of a distance of a user of the walker from the housing;
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- a processor coupled with the sensor for interpreting the data received from the sensor, said processor comparing said data received from the sensor to a first preset data point corresponding to a first distance of the user from said housing and a second preset data point corresponding to a second distance of the user from said housing, wherein said first distance is greater than said second distance, said processor including logic for energizing the visual or tactile or audial stimuli means or combination thereof upon comparing said data received from the sensor to the first and second preset data points if said data indicates a user of the walker is a distance from the housing that is greater than said first distance or less than said second distance.
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