Patent ID: 8936262
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A walker having a frame with two opposing sides joined at a front of the walker, each side having front and rear side-frame members with wheels on the lower ends of at least the two front or two rear side-frame members, the walker having a seat connected to the frame and extending from the front toward a back of the walker and a generally horizontal handle at a top of each side, the walker comprising: two rotatable joints each having a lower and upper joint portion connected to rotate about a joint rotation axis and each joint having its lower joint portion connected to a different side-frame member on a different side of the frame with the upper joint portion connected to a different handle member having one of the handles at a distal end of the handle member, each joint having a first position in which the handle associated with the joint is generally horizontal and a second position in which that handle is lowered closer to the seat; wherein each joint is locked in the first position by placing the joint inside the side-frame member to which the joint is connected and restraining movement of the joint along a longitudinal axis of the side-frame member.