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US3232251A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Combined bed tray, table and walker

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-08-16
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Granted: 1966-02-01
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Expires: 1983-08-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Walter P Hughes

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 07:35
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H3/00; A61H2003/002; A61H2003/004; A61H2003/005

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 224 words
COMBINED INVALID WALKER, BED TABLE AND DINING TABLE APPARATUS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART, UPSTANDING, TUBULAR SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, EACH HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING SIDE RAIL AT DINING TABLE LEVEL ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL, SAID MEMBERS DEFINING AN UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE THEREBETWEEN; TRANSVERSE BRACE MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS THE REARWARD PORTION OF SAID SPACE AND RIDIGLY CONNECTING SAID FRAME MEMBERS; A BED TABLE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE FOOD SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART LEGS, SAID LEGS BEING EACH ON AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID SURFACE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID SIDE RAILS TO WELL BELOW SAID DINING TABLE LEVEL TO PREVENT SIDEWISE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TABLE, AND SAID SURFACE RESTING ON, AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS BUT BEING INDEPENDENT OF CONNECTION THERETO FOR READY REMOVABILITY; A PAIR OF INVALID WALKER HANDLES, EACH FIXED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND EACH EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE REARWARD PORTION THEREOF, TO PREVENT REARWARD DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TABLE, THEN TURNING FORWARDLY AND HORIZONTALLY AT WALKER HANDLE LEVEL OF ABOUT WAIST HEIGHT ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL AND TERMINATING IN A FREE TERMINAL END BEYOND THE CENTRE OF SAID FRAME MEMBERS; SAID APPARATUS CONSTITUTING A DINING TABLE WHEN SAID BED TABLE IS RESTING ON SAID SIDE RAILS AND CONSTITUTING AN INVALID WALKER WHEN SAID BED TABLE IS REMOVED THEREFROM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 224 words
COMBINED INVALID WALKER, BED TABLE AND DINING TABLE APPARATUS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART, UPSTANDING, TUBULAR SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, EACH HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING SIDE RAIL AT DINING TABLE LEVEL ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL, SAID MEMBERS DEFINING AN UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE THEREBETWEEN; TRANSVERSE BRACE MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS THE REARWARD PORTION OF SAID SPACE AND RIDIGLY CONNECTING SAID FRAME MEMBERS; A BED TABLE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE FOOD SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART LEGS, SAID LEGS BEING EACH ON AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID SURFACE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID SIDE RAILS TO WELL BELOW SAID DINING TABLE LEVEL TO PREVENT SIDEWISE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TABLE, AND SAID SURFACE RESTING ON, AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS BUT BEING INDEPENDENT OF CONNECTION THERETO FOR READY REMOVABILITY; A PAIR OF INVALID WALKER HANDLES, EACH FIXED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND EACH EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE REARWARD PORTION THEREOF, TO PREVENT REARWARD DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TABLE, THEN TURNING FORWARDLY AND HORIZONTALLY AT WALKER HANDLE LEVEL OF ABOUT WAIST HEIGHT ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL AND TERMINATING IN A FREE TERMINAL END BEYOND THE CENTRE OF SAID FRAME MEMBERS; SAID APPARATUS CONSTITUTING A DINING TABLE WHEN SAID BED TABLE IS RESTING ON SAID SIDE RAILS AND CONSTITUTING AN INVALID WALKER WHEN SAID BED TABLE IS REMOVED THEREFROM.

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