Patent ID: 7963294
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An assistive walker for assisting a user in going on foot and for reinforcing recommended walker use technique, comprising: a walker frame including opposed leading and trailing ends formed between opposed handled and footed ends and that together define a user-receiving area extending from the trailing end of the walker frame to the leading end of the walker frame, the walker frame for supporting a user in the user-receiving area and aiding ambulation thereof; the walker frame formed with a motion sensor apparatus to detect user movement at the user-receiving area and for emitting a signal in response to a substantial lack of detected user movement at the user-receiving area; and the motion sensor apparatus comprising an infrared motion sensor assembly to detect user movement at the user-receiving area, and a signal device operatively coupled to the infrared motion sensor assembly to emit the signal in response to the substantial lack of detected user movement at the user-receiving area to reinforce recommended walker use technique.