Patent ID: 6082384
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A hand support in combination with a walker frame with an upper side and two rear frame bars, comprising:a vertical bar, having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being located lower than said upper side of said walker frame;a support bar, having a connecting end and a free end, said connecting end hingedly connected to one of said rear frame bars, said free end hingedly connected to an upper end of said vertical bar; anda stabilizing bar, having a connecting end an a free end, mounted below said support bar and being in parallel thereto, said connecting end hingedly connected to one of said rear frame bars, said free end hingedly connected to said vertical bar after ""said vertical bar"";wherein said support bar and said stabilizing bar are horizontally oriented, with said lower end of said vertical bar resting on the ground, so as to aid a user to get up from a sitting position, or tilted upwards, with the vertical bar close to said rear frame bar of said walker frame to allow said user to walk unhindered using said walker frame.