Patent ID: 7182179

Claim:
A walker with a brake, comprising: a main frame with a telescopic frame member running generally in a vertical direction in the main frame, a height of the telescopic frame member is adjustable in relation to a main portion of the walker; a handle bar mounted to the telescopic frame member, wherein the handle bar together with a brake handle is arranged to activate the brake via a brake bar; a brake wire, wherein a first end of the brake wire is attached to an upper brake wire fastener on an upper portion of the main frame and wherein a second end of the brake wire is connected to the brake; and a brake tensioner plate arranged in a lower portion of the telescopic frame member and below the upper brake wire fastener, the brake tensioner plate comprising an upper sheave and a lower sheave for the brake wire, and a tensioner sheave arranged between the upper and the lower sheaves in which the tensioner sheave is displaceable, the tensioner sheave being arranged for adjusting a running length of the brake wire between the upper and the lower sheaves so that the brake wire may be tensioned to activate the brake, wherein the brake tensioner plate is arranged to be slideable along the brake wire and arranged to be movable together with the telescopic frame member so that the tensioning of the brake wire occurs independently of the vertical position of the brake tensioner plate.