Patent ID: 8333208

Claim:
A walking device to provide mobility support for a user and configured to be disposed in an operative configuration and a storage configuration, the walking device comprising: first and second handles configured to be grasped by and support the user; first and second handle legs that extend from the first and second handles, respectively, toward the ground and configured to be forward of the user in the operative configuration; first and second rearward-facing support legs extending toward the ground and pivotably coupled to the first and second handle legs, respectively, the first and second rearward-facing support legs configured to also extend at an angle back toward the user in the operative configuration; first and second cross bars, each cross bar pivotably coupled to the first and second handle legs, the first and second cross bars intersecting adjacent each other and pivotably coupled to each other; and a pivot support extending from the first rearward-facing support leg to the second rearward-facing support leg, the pivot support comprising first and second pivoting bars and a latch mechanism, the first pivoting bar coupled directly to the first rearward-facing support leg and to the latch mechanism and the second pivoting bar coupled directly to the second rearward-facing support leg and to the latch mechanism, the latch mechanism configured to secure the first and second pivoting bars in a substantially linear arrangement in the operative configuration; wherein the handle legs, rearward-facing support legs, cross bars, pivot support and respective interconnecting joints are configured to permit the walking device to move from the operative configuration to the storage configuration in a single motion by pulling upward on the latch mechanism toward the handles, which simultaneously brings the first and second handles, the first and second handle legs, and the first and second rearward-facing support legs toward each other and the rearward-facing support legs toward the handle legs.