EP3691595A4 - Wheeled walker - Google Patents

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EP3691595A4
EP3691595A4 EP18864556.8A EP18864556A EP3691595A4 EP 3691595 A4 EP3691595 A4 EP 3691595A4 EP 18864556 A EP18864556 A EP 18864556A EP 3691595 A4 EP3691595 A4 EP 3691595A4
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wheeled walker
walker
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Yichuan Pan
Peter James Fellingham
Zelin ZHANG
David Allen PURCELL
Craig Timothy SHUGERT
Scott A. RIEGER
Dave Petersen
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Priority claimed from US16/150,187 external-priority patent/US10617592B2/en
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EP18864556.8A 2017-10-06 2018-10-05 Wheeled walker Withdrawn EP3691595A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201762569108P 2017-10-06 2017-10-06
US15/871,609 US10555866B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2018-01-15 Wheeled walker wheel direction lock apparatus and method
US201815874880A 2018-01-19 2018-01-19
US15/876,112 US10307321B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2018-01-20 Wheeled walker with a movable seat
US16/150,187 US10617592B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2018-10-02 Wheeled walker
PCT/US2018/054709 WO2019071197A1 (en) 2017-10-06 2018-10-05 Wheeled walker

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EP3691595A1 EP3691595A1 (en) 2020-08-12
EP3691595A4 true EP3691595A4 (en) 2021-08-18

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US20160331626A1 (en) * 2015-05-16 2016-11-17 Protostar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Collapsible upright wheeled walker apparatus
US20170258664A1 (en) * 2016-03-14 2017-09-14 Protostar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Upright walker having a user safety system employing haptic feedback

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US20140203536A1 (en) * 2013-01-18 2014-07-24 Philip C. Whitener Riding walkers having pedal drive assemblies
US20160331626A1 (en) * 2015-05-16 2016-11-17 Protostar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Collapsible upright wheeled walker apparatus
US20170258664A1 (en) * 2016-03-14 2017-09-14 Protostar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Upright walker having a user safety system employing haptic feedback

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