Patent ID: 6935353

Claim:
A mobile, rehabilitative walker, comprising: a plurality of wheels, configured for multidirectional movement on a support surface; a frame, coupled to the plurality of wheels, including a plurality of frame members defining opposite sides, a front between the sides, an open rear end opposite the front, and an interior space formed between the plurality of frame members and accessible through the open rear end, the interior space being sized for receiving a user and configured for allowing leg movement of the user, the plurality of frame members including a plurality of upwardly extending columns, extending to a height above the user, a plurality of lateral rails, attached to and extending between the columns, including lower rails attached to lower ends of the columns providing a base for the columns, and a rotatable upper rail attached to upper ends of the columns and located directly over the interior space of the frame; a harness, vertically suspended from the rotatable upper rail of the frame into the interior space, the harness configured for removable attachment to an upper torso of the user; and at least one vertical suspension member, having a first end coupled to the rotatable upper rail of the frame directly above the interior space, and an opposite second end coupled to the harness, configured to be drawn upward by the upper rail when the upper rail rotates in a lifting direction, and thus to lift a portion of the user's weight.