Patent ID: 8708363

Claim:
A folding walker for aiding elderly and disabled individuals to walk, said folding walker comprising: a first frame including two substantially parallel main supports laterally separated by at least one horizontal cross bar; an inverted U-shaped second frame having two legs, each said leg pivotally affixed to one of said main supports of said first frame and pivotal between an extended operable position forming an X-shaped configuration with said first frame and a folded storage position wherein said first frame and said second frame are pivoted one with respect to the other; at least one brace extending from an intermediate portion of one of said legs of said second frame and pivotally affixed thereto, and an upper end of said brace slidably attached to an upper portion of one of said main supports; and at least one tension brace extending between a lower portion of one of said main supports of said first frame and one of said legs of said inverted U-shaped second frame, said tension brace intermediately hinged wherein a first segment of said tension brace is pivotal with respect to a second segment of said tension brace.