Ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like

Details Ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like Ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like

1987-06-25

1990-03-20

Godici, Nicholas P.

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Sash balances

Spring

4576, A47K 1702

Patent

active

049089064

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like which pivots between a non-in-use and an in-use position. The pivoting of the device is assisted by a torsion member acting between the base member and the body. The torsion device is selected so as to retain the body in its non-in-use position when placed in that position. The weight of the pivoting body of the present invention overcomes the force generated by the torsion member when the body is placed in the in-use position so as to retain that orientation. Moreover, the torsion member acts to assist the user of the device in counteracting the weight of the pivoting body member when the body member is moved between the non-in-used position and the in-use position.

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patent: 2059171 (1936-10-01), Harris
patent: 3228038 (1966-01-01), Augustine
patent: 3286283 (1966-11-01), Bertoldo
patent: 3562849 (1971-02-01), Brayshaw

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