Walker having folding and pivoting seat apparatus

Claim 1

An improved walker for use by a person, said walker having a front and sides and a back, said walker including in combination a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, respective side rails connecting said front and rear legs, a front rail connecting said front legs, a gate bar, means mounting one end of said gate bar on one of said rear legs for swinging movement of the gate bar around a generally vertical axis between an open position at which said person can enter said walker and a closed position over the back of the walker, means on the other rear leg forming a socket having a horizontally opening entryway through which the other end of said gate bar enters the socket as said gate bar moves to said closed position, a seat having a relatively rigid frame with a front and a back, means mounting said seat adjacent to the back of the frame on said gate bar for movement around a generally horizontal axis between a raised inoperative position and a lowered operative position, first interengageable means on said seat and said gate bar for limiting movement of said seat in a direction from said raised position toward and into said lowered position whereby said seat is supported in cantilever fashion on said gate bar and second interengageable means on said seat mounting means and said gate bar which operates automatically on movement of said seat to said operative position for preventing movement of said other end of said gate bar out of said socket to lock said gate bar in the closed position thereof.