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Seesawly-controlled foldable walker

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-05-13
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Granted: 1989-05-16
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Expires: 2007-05-13
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Abstract

Abstract A foldable walker includes a pair of side walking legs pivotally mounted on a pair of T joints, a front transverse bar secured between the two T joints, a pair of foldable links each pivotally connected between each T joint and each side walking leg, and a pair of seesaw controllers each fixed on an outer tube of a link and seesawly biasing a locking button resiliently retained in an inner tube of the link, whereby upon the depressing of the button by the seesaw controller, the inner tube will be telescopically received within the outer tube when folding the side walking legs toward the front bar, thereby resulting in a simpler, quicker and more convenient folding operation of the walker.

Inventors

  • 👤 Antony Ching-Fong Liu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 14:31
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H3/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/32; Y10T403/32254; Y10T403/32426; Y10T403/32442; Y10T403/32451; Y10T403/32459; Y10T403/59; Y10T403/599; Y10T403/60; Y10T403/602

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 373 words
A foldable walker comprising: a pair of side walking members each including a D-shaped upper handle having a front bar fixed with a front telescopic foot and rotatably mounted in a vertical sleeve tube of a T-joint means and having a rear bar fixed with a rear telescopic foot; a pair of T-joint means each including said vertical sleeve tube and a horizontal tube protruding from the vertical sleeve tube and being inserted with a respective one end of a front transverse bar adapted for combining two said side walking members as secured by said front transverse bar; a pair of foldable linking members each having an inner tube secured to a rear telescopic foot and telescopically received in an outer tube pivotally secured to said horizontal tube of said T-joint means; and a pair of seesaw controllers each operatively seesawly biasing a locking button resiliently retained in said inner tube to operatively engage or disengage said inner tube with or from said outer tube, adapted for the extension or folding operation of each said side walking member as rotating around an axis of said sleeve tube while said inner tube being telescopically received in said outer tube; the improvement which comprises: said seesaw controller including: a cylindrical portion fixed on a rear portion of the outer tube and having a first button hole and a second button hole respectively disposed on two sides proximate to its two extremities; a bracket formed on the cylindrical portion; a seesaw actuator having its central portion pivotally secured on the bracket and having two beads respectively extending downwardly from its two ends and operatively poking through two button holes disposed on the cylindrical portion and poking through the other two button holes formed on the rear portion of the outer tube corresponding to the two holes on the cylindrical portion; and a locking button resiliently extending upwardly through a button hole formed on the inner tube proximate to the front end of the inner tube as retained by a restoring spring fixed in the inner tube; said seesaw actuator operatively seesawly biasing the button extending through the button holes either formed on the rear side or front side of the outer tube and the cylindrical portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 373 words
A foldable walker comprising: a pair of side walking members each including a D-shaped upper handle having a front bar fixed with a front telescopic foot and rotatably mounted in a vertical sleeve tube of a T-joint means and having a rear bar fixed with a rear telescopic foot; a pair of T-joint means each including said vertical sleeve tube and a horizontal tube protruding from the vertical sleeve tube and being inserted with a respective one end of a front transverse bar adapted for combining two said side walking members as secured by said front transverse bar; a pair of foldable linking members each having an inner tube secured to a rear telescopic foot and telescopically received in an outer tube pivotally secured to said horizontal tube of said T-joint means; and a pair of seesaw controllers each operatively seesawly biasing a locking button resiliently retained in said inner tube to operatively engage or disengage said inner tube with or from said outer tube, adapted for the extension or folding operation of each said side walking member as rotating around an axis of said sleeve tube while said inner tube being telescopically received in said outer tube; the improvement which comprises: said seesaw controller including: a cylindrical portion fixed on a rear portion of the outer tube and having a first button hole and a second button hole respectively disposed on two sides proximate to its two extremities; a bracket formed on the cylindrical portion; a seesaw actuator having its central portion pivotally secured on the bracket and having two beads respectively extending downwardly from its two ends and operatively poking through two button holes disposed on the cylindrical portion and poking through the other two button holes formed on the rear portion of the outer tube corresponding to the two holes on the cylindrical portion; and a locking button resiliently extending upwardly through a button hole formed on the inner tube proximate to the front end of the inner tube as retained by a restoring spring fixed in the inner tube; said seesaw actuator operatively seesawly biasing the button extending through the button holes either formed on the rear side or front side of the outer tube and the cylindrical portion.

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