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EP2020219B1
EP2020219B1 EP07113722A EP07113722A EP2020219B1 EP 2020219 B1 EP2020219 B1 EP 2020219B1 EP 07113722 A EP07113722 A EP 07113722A EP 07113722 A EP07113722 A EP 07113722A EP 2020219 B1 EP2020219 B1 EP 2020219B1
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rollator
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Jurre Groenenboom
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Hema BV
Technische Universiteit Delft
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H3/00—Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
    • A61H3/04—Wheeled walking aids for patients or disabled persons
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H3/00—Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
    • A61H3/04—Wheeled walking aids for patients or disabled persons
    • A61H2003/046—Wheeled walking aids for patients or disabled persons with braking means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/01—Constructive details
    • A61H2201/0161—Size reducing arrangements when not in use, for stowing or transport

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  • the invention relates to a rollator having a frame, front wheels and back wheels, and further comprising handles that are connected to the frame.
  • Such a rollator is known from different citations, notably the Dutch patents 1021140 , 1022512 , 1023842 and 1026176 .
  • a recognized problem with existing rollators is that they provide difficulty when the user tries to move to the sidewalk coming from the street due to the elevated level of the sidewalk as compared to the street level. This is particularly true in view of the fact that rollators are in use by elderly people and in general by people experiencing a physical challenge.
  • Dutch patent 1026176 suggests to provide the rollator with a complicated tool at the rollator's front end which provides as it were, a circumferential part of a large diameter cylinder rolling from street level to the sidewalk level.
  • Dutch patent 1023842 teaches to apply handles which can be shifted backwards, thus providing better leverage for tilting the rollator backwards, when trying to move from street level to the sidewalk level.
  • a disadvantage is however that when the handles are moved backwards, the rollator is also inclined to move backwards, which is contrary to the intended direction of movement.
  • a rollator that has a frame, front wheels and back wheels, and that further comprises handles that are connected to the frame, wherein the frame comprises a first frame part and a second frame part, which frame parts are moveably connected to each other between a first predetermined position at which the front wheels are at a first distance from the back wheels, and a second predetermined position at which the front wheels are at a second distance from the back wheels, wherein the first distance is larger than the second distance.
  • the first and second position relate to a position of use wherein the front and rear wheels are situated at a relatively large mutual distance, and a second collapsed position wherein the front and rear wheels are situated relatively closely to each other.
  • the first position of the rollator relates to a position in which the apparatus may be pushed by and support a walking or standing handicapped person, in the second position the apparatus may be used for transporting a sitting handicapped person and the chair may be pushed by an assisting person.
  • Another adjustable rollator is described in DE 20 2006 010 445 U1 .
  • a further object is to provide a rollator which allows for dual use as will become apparent from the following discussion of the invention.
  • the rollator is characterized in that the second frame part connects to the first frame part with at least one slidable hinge connection provided at an intermediate location between the handles and the back wheels, which connection comprises cooperating grooves and pins, wherein the grooves comprise a straightly aligned groove and a bended groove so as to cause that in both the first position and the second position of the frame parts the second frame part that supports the first wheels is able - during use - to essentially maintain its orientation in respect of the ground.
  • This is particularly helpful to maintain a desired steering behaviour of the rollator which is indifferent to whether the rollator is in the first position or in the second position.
  • first frame part and the second frame part are at their first extremities provided with the back wheels, respectively the front wheels.
  • the first frame part is having the handles at its second extremities distant from the first extremities.
  • a lock is provided for locking the frame parts in the second position. This allows for continued use of the rollator when it is placed in the second position being the trolley position.
  • a suitable arrangement of the lock comprises a switch provided on one of the frame parts, that cooperates with a protrusion provided on the other frame part.
  • the handles are linked to each other with a handlebar, and that the handles are swivably mounted on the first frame part and arranged such that the handlebar is moveable between a first lockable and forewardly oriented position and a second lockable and rearwardly oriented position.
  • the first lockable and forewardly oriented position corresponds to the use of the rollator in its normal function, when the front wheels and the back wheels are distantly positioned with respect to each other.
  • the second lockable and rearwardly oriented position provides an easy manner in using the rollator as if it were a trolley, which corresponds to the proximate position of the front wheels and the back wheels.
  • Fig. 1 the rollator 1 of the invention is shown in a first position relating to the normal use of the rollator 1 for its intended purpose to assist elderly or physically challenged persons to move in and out of the house.
  • the rollator 1 has a frame 2,3, front wheels 4 and back wheels 5.
  • the rollator 1 further comprises handles 6 that are connected to the frame 2,3.
  • the rollator 1 of the invention is characterized in that the frame 2,3 comprises a first frame part 2 and a second frame part 3, which frame parts 2,3 are moveably connected to each other between a first predetermined position that is shown in Fig. 1 and a second predetermined position that is shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the second position of the rollator 1 of the invention that is shown in Fig. 2 concerns a so-called trolley position of the rollator 1 and differentiates from the standard position shown in Fig. 1 in that the front wheels 4 and the back wheels 5 are at close proximity, whereas in Fig. 1 the front wheels 4 and the back wheels 5 are shown to be at a larger distance than is the case in Fig. 2 .
  • the rollator 1 In the standard position shown in Fig. 1 the rollator 1 is fully capable to assist elderly and disabled persons by providing adequate support when such persons are leaning on the handle 6. The rollator 1 remains stable.
  • the rollator 1 is better capable to pass obstructions such as occur when moving from street level to an elevated sidewalk level. A little leaning on the handles 6 is possible but if the leaning force is further increased the front wheel 4 will lift from the ground and moving from street level to a level of the sidewalk is easily facilitated.
  • the first frame part 2 is provided with the back wheels 5 and the second frame part 3 is provided with the front wheels 4 as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 .
  • the first frame part 2 is provided with the handles 6.
  • Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 also show that the second frame part 3 connects to the first frame part 2 at an intermediate location between the handles 6 and the back wheels 5 and for this purpose the connection between the first frame part 2 and the second frame part 3 is preferably a slideable hinge connection 7.
  • FIG. 3 shows the hinge connection in a position that corresponds to the first position of the rollator 1 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 represents the hinge connection 7 corresponding to the second position of the rollator 1 as shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the hinge connection 7 comprises cooperating grooves 8,9 and pins 10,11 wherein the grooves 8,9 comprise a straightly aligned groove 8 and a bended groove 9 so as to cause that both in the standard position of the rollator 1 as shown in Fig. 1 and in the trolley position as shown in Fig. 2 , the second frame part 3 that supports the front wheels 4 is arranged such that during use this second frame part 3 essentially maintains its orientation in respect of the ground.
  • Fig. 1 with Fig. 2
  • the combination of the straightly aligned groove 8 and the bended groove 9 results in a combined translation and rotation of the first frame part 2 as compared to the second frame part 3 when moving the rollator 1 from the first position shown in Fig. 1 to the second position shown in Fig. 2 .
  • This can also be recognized by comparison of Fig. 3 with Fig. 4 .
  • Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 further show that a lock 12,13 is provided for locking the frame parts 2,3 in the second position shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 .
  • the lock 12,13 comprises to this end a switch 12 that is provided on, for instance, the first frame part 2, which switch 12 cooperates with a protrusion 13 that is provided on the other frame part 3. This can of course also be implemented vice versa.
  • the rollator 1 of the invention does not need to be embodied with a lock for locking the frame parts 2,3 when placed in the first position. Due to the laws of gravity the first position of the rollator 1 as shown in Fig. 1 is stable without such a lock.
  • Fig. 5 shows the position of the handles 6 and the handlebar 16 corresponding to the use of the rollator as discussed hereinabove with reference to Fig. 1 which is the normal rollator use.
  • the position of the handles 6 allows that a person can lean on the handles 6 on both sides of the rollator and simply stand in between these two handles 6.
  • the conversion from the orientation of the handles 6 and handlebar 16 as shown in Fig. 5 to the orientation shown in Fig. 6 can be effected by first depressing a release knob 14. This allows that the handles 6 and the handlebar 16 can be pulled to an extreme position in the direction of arrow B and then be rotated or swivelled to the position shown in Fig. 6 . Releasing knob 14, then secures again the handles 6 and the handlebar 16 in the orientation shown in Fig. 6 .

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  1. Rollator (1), der einen Rahmen (2, 3), vordere Räder (4) und hintere Räder (5) aufweist, und der ferner Handgriffe (6) aufweist, die an den Rahmen (2, 3) angeschlossen sind, wobei der Rahmen (2, 3) einen ersten Rahmenteil (2) und einen zweiten Rahmenteil (3) aufweist, wobei die Rahmenteile (2, 3) zwischen einer ersten vorbestimmten Position, in der sich die vorderen Räder (4) in einem ersten Abstand von den hinteren Rädern (5) befinden, und einer zweiten vorbestimmten Position, in der sich die vorderen Räder (4) in einem zweiten Abstand von den hinteren Rädern (5) befinden, bewegbar aneinander angeschlossen sind, wobei der erste Abstand größer als der zweite Abstand ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Rahmenteil (3) mit mindestens einer gleitenden Gelenkverbindung (7), die in einer zwischenposition zwischen den Handgriffen (6) und den hinteren Rädern (5) vorgesehen ist, an den ersten Rahmenteil (2) angeschlossen ist, wobei die Verbindung (7) zusammenwirkende Aussparungen (8, 9) und Stifte (10, 11) aufweist, und dass die Aussparungen (8, 9) eine gerade ausgerichtete Aussparung (8) und eine gekrümmte Aussparung (9) aufweisen, um zu bewirken, dass sowohl in der ersten Position als auch in der zweiten Position der Rahmenteile (2, 3) der zweite Rahmenteil (3), der die vorderen Räder (4) abstützt, fähig ist, im Gebrauch seine Ausrichtung relativ zu dem Fußboden im Wesentlichen aufrechtzuerhalten.
  2. Rollator (1) gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Rahmenteil (2) und der zweite Rahmenteil (3) an ihren ersten äußeren Enden mit den hinteren Rädern (5) beziehungsweise mit den vorderen Rädern (4) versehen sind.
  3. Rollator (1) gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Rahmenteil (2) die Handgriffe (6) an seinen zweiten äußeren Enden von den ersten äußeren Enden entfernt aufweist.
  4. Rollator (1) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Verriegelung (12, 13) zum Verriegeln der Rahmenteile (2, 3) in der zweiten Position vorgesehen ist.
  5. Rollator (1) gemäß Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verriegelung (12, 13) einen an einem (2) der Rahmenteile vorgesehenen Schalter (12) aufweist, der mit einem an.dem anderen (3) Rahmenteil vorgesehenen Vorsprung zusammenwirkt.
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