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A walker device for aiding invalids and other persons having walking difficulties has an upstanding open-bottomed framework toward and within which a person can take steps while holding on and being supported by the framework. The framework is provided with wheels and is motorized, with controls con

A walker device for aiding invalids and other persons having walking difficulties has an upstanding open-bottomed framework toward and within which a person can take steps while holding on and being supported by the framework. The framework is provided with wheels and is motorized, with controls conveniently located for activation by the person using the device.

대표청구항 ▼

A walker device for the disabled, comprising a pair of sideframes, each of said side frames including front and rear supporting legs, a caster wheel secured to one of said legs, a fixed wheel secured to the other of said legs, means interconnecting said front and rear legs, and handle members mounte

A walker device for the disabled, comprising a pair of sideframes, each of said side frames including front and rear supporting legs, a caster wheel secured to one of said legs, a fixed wheel secured to the other of said legs, means interconnecting said front and rear legs, and handle members mounted on said leg-interconnecting means; means interconnecting said side frames in spaced parallel relationship, whereby a disabled person may walk in the space between said sideframes while being supported by holding said handle members; electrically powered means including independent electric motors for driving said fixed wheels, respectively, to provide powered forward mobility for the device; and independent motor control means associated with the respective handle members for actuation by the respective hands of the disabled person, said power means being adapted to drive the walker device at a speed of substantially only from about 50 to about 80 feet per minute.