Patent ID: 6196949
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A portable, hand-held apparatus allowing an operator to assist and train a person in traversing across a traveling surface, the apparatus comprising:a frame element with a first end, a second end, a top section, and a middle section;the top section including a handgrip portion adapted to be grasped manually by the operator to manually suspend and support the frame element in an operating position above the traveling surface; andtwo, parallel J-shaped leg elements, each with an elongated top end occupying a generally common plane with the top section of the frame element and a curved bottom end extending in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane in which the two elongated top ends occupy, the elongated top end of each J-shaped leg element being attached to a respective first or second end of the frame element, said J-shaped leg elements being separate and spaced apart from each other, configured and disposed for providing underarm support for a person, wherein the operator grasps the handgrip portion to suspend and support the apparatus and the person is supported under ther arms by the curved bottom ends enabling the operator to assist and train the person in traversing across the traveling surface.