Patent ID: 7637274
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. An articulating glide assembly for use on a walker that assists disabled individuals to walk, said articulating glide assembly comprising: an adapter having a resilient cannular sleeve defining an opening at a top end thereof for engaging a leg of a walker and an aperture at a bottom end; a rigid base insert engaged in said aperture at said bottom end of said sleeve for supporting the downward force exerted by the walker, said base insert defining a hole therethrough; an articulating foot includes an upwardly extending spherical surface from a top of said foot and a pin extending upwardly from said spherical surface, said spherical surface engaging an edge of said hole in said base insert and said pin extending through said hole and movably engaged therein; and a glide removably affixed to a lower portion of said articulating foot.