Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof – Occupant propelled support frame having movement...
Patent
1996-05-21
1997-12-30
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Occupant propelled support frame having movement...
135 67, A63B 2220
Patent
active
057023263
ABSTRACT:
A walking assistance device for use in indoor areas as well as in outdoor areas includes a frame with a pair of spaced apart sides and a pair of front wheels mounted to the frame in a manner that allows each of the front wheels to rotate about a vertical axis. A seat support is mounted between the spaced apart sides and at least one rear wheel attached to the frame in a manner that allows the rotation of the rear wheel or wheels about a vertical axis. A straddleable seat is mounted on the seat support on the frame. A slideable collar is attached to the frame in a manner that allows the user to selectively prevent the rotation of the rear wheel about a vertical axis, so that a person's body weight may be at least partially supported by the straddleable seat and the rear wheel allowed to rotate about a vertical axis as a person walks in an indoor area, and so that a person's body weight may be at least partially supported by the straddleable seat and the rear wheel prevented from rotating about a vertical axis as a person walks in an outdoor area.
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Apley Richard J.
Crabtree Edwin H.
LaMarca William
Pizarro Ramon L.
Versatex Inc.
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