Patent ID: 7494139

Claim:
A Enhanced Patient Mobility System for use by ambulatory or recovering patients in and about home, rehab, sub-acute, and hospital facilities providing such patients with ease of mobility, stability and the ability to transport needed treatment apparatus and necessities comprising: a low-cost, sturdy, tubular framework having a lower U-shaped base frame member having a first and second leg, an upward extending midframe member and two identical side frame members lying in parallel planes each attached at its lower extremity to said lower U-shaped base frame member and at its midsection to said upward extending midframe member wherein said lower U-shaped base frame member includes a crossbar member interconnecting the two legs of said lower U-shaped base frame member at a distance from the terminal ends of the legs of said lower U-shaped base frame member to provide walking space for the patient and wherein said two identical side frame members are also generally U-shaped with the bow of their shape upwardly extending and the two downwardly extending legs of said U-shaped side members being attached to opposite sides of said upward extending midframe member and each side frame member having one leg of said U-shaped side member extending beyond the midframe member and terminating in a castor type wheel, the lower U-shaped base frame member further having four castor type wheels, two of which are attached each to a separate distil end of said lower U-shaped base frame member legs and two of which are attached in spaced relationship from each other on the bow of said lower U-shaped base frame member, there being a total of six castor type wheels lying in the same plane, the Enhanced Patient Mobility System further comprising two support bars each extending from the midframe member to a separate extended end of a separate side member at a point above the plane of the castor type wheels for facilitating the support of necessary medical devices and apparatus which must be transported by a ambulatory patient, the Enhanced Patient Mobility System further comprising two rigid reinforcing bars attached to and extending from said lower U-shaped base frame member at a point above the point of attachment of said two forwardmost castor type wheels in spaced relationship to each other upwardly at an incline and attached to the midframe member at the forwardmost point of attachment of said U-shaped side frame members, said U-shaped side frame members being attached to each other by an interconnect bar attached and extending there between at the highest point of said side U-shaped frame members.