Baby walker having safety interlock

Details Baby walker having safety interlock Baby walker having safety interlock

1993-02-16

1994-08-30

Camby, Richard M.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Coasters

482 68, B62B 704

Patent

active

053420721

ABSTRACT:
A walker for an infant or incapacitated adult which includes a frame work dimensioned and configured for placement around the user having an upper member dimensioned to enable the user to support him or herself and a lower member encircling the legs of the user, the upper and lower members being disposed in spaced relationship. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wheels carried on the second member at spaced parts thereof and apparatus for locking the wheels responsive to passage of the walker into a predetermined zone of danger. In some forms of the invention the apparatus for locking includes a apparatus contacting the circumference of each of the wheels. The wheels may be caster wheels and the apparatus for locking may include a plurality of holes in the circumference of each wheel and a pin dimensioned and configured for engaging the holes. The apparatus for locking may include a cable connected to each pin for limiting axial motion thereof. The apparatus for locking may include a receiver for receiving a signal and a transmitter for sending a signal which may be for a radio frequency signal. The apparatus may also include apparatus for sensing movement of the walker into a predetermined zone of danger.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3356185 (1967-12-01), Isaacks
patent: 4084663 (1978-04-01), Haley
patent: 4577880 (1986-03-01), Bianco
patent: 4776415 (1988-10-01), Brice
patent: 5046748 (1991-09-01), Oat-Judge

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