Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1999-02-02
2000-06-27
Battista, Mary Ann
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74489, F16C 112
Patent
active
060792906
ABSTRACT:
A rollator braking device for mounting on a handle is provided which includes a base, a rod and a grip. The base is fastened to the handle of the rollator and an accommodating space is formed inside. A positioning protrusion is formed at a middle section of an inner wall of the accommodating space, and a stopper wall is formed at a bottom portion of the accommodating space. One end of the rod is pivotally coupled to the base, while the other end of the rod is coupled to the steel cable of a braking wire. The grip is pivotally coupled to the rod, at its middle section, with the protruding end at the top of the root of the grip acting as a fulcrum against the pivot of the rod. Two noses are formed at the middle section of the root of the grip, and a holding tongue is formed at one side of the lower end of the root. When the grip is pushed downward, the tongue acts as a fulcrum against the stopper wall and becomes a sliding support while the braking wire is pulled by the biased swinging of the rod being pulled by the pivotal coupling with the grip. When the grip is pushed all the way down, the noses hold against and stop at the positioning protrusion to maintain a fixed braking status until manually released.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5279180 (1994-01-01), Henriksson
patent: 5865065 (1999-02-01), Chiu
patent: 5896779 (1999-04-01), Biersteker et al.
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