Patent ID: 8720915
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A transportation device for transporting users having an injured leg across a surface, comprising: a frame having a central axis, a top portion, and at least two legs; a first wheel assembly operatively connected to a first leg of the frame; a second wheel assembly operatively connected to a second leg of the frame; and a support for supporting the knee of the injured leg of the user, the support connected to the frame; wherein the device includes an anti-rotation arrangement that increases the resistance to the rotation of a wheel of at least one of the first and second wheel assemblies about the wheel's axis of rotation to assist alignment of the device with a forward direction when a force is applied by the non-injured leg of the user in a direction that is parallel to the forward direction; and wherein the anti-rotation arrangement comprises the top portion of the frame angled relative to the surface, and wherein the top portion of the frame slopes from at least one of right to left for users with an injured right leg and left to right for users with an injured left leg.