Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheeled walker wheel direction lock apparatus and method
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Application No.: US15871609Application Date: 2018-01-15
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Publication No.: US10555866B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Yichuan Pan , Peter James Fellingham , Zelin Zhang , David Allen Purcell , David Michael Petersen , Scott Allen Rieger
- Applicant: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
- Current Assignee: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Stetina Brunda Garred and Brucker
- Priority: CN201721285339U 20171006; CN201721285343U 20171006
- Main IPC: A61H3/04
- IPC: A61H3/04

Abstract:
A collapsible wheeled walker with two side frames and two height adjustable upper body supports. The apparatus includes a plurality of wheel direction locks each coupled to a wheel and adapted to lock the wheel in fixed moving direction or to release the wheel to turn freely. The apparatus may include a seat that is slidably attached to the two side frames and is movable between a front position for walking inside the frames and a rear position sitting. The apparatus may be converted to a transport chair by locking front wheel and releasing the rear wheels, and sliding the movable seat to the rear position. It may include an X-folder that facilitates collapsing the walker to a small footprint. It may also include two forearm gutters as part of the upper body supports that give the user an upright walking posture for health benefits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190105220A1 Wheeled Walker Wheel Direction Lock Apparatus and Method Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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