US1727969A - Walker - Google Patents

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Spt. l0, 1929. H, EVANS 1,727,969

WALKER Filed Feb. 9, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept., 10, 1929. H, EVANS 1,727,969

WALKER Filed Feb. 9. 1927 2 ,Sheets-Sheet 2 o .M -.2317 f3- "5 f B: .l5 v

Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

` HARRY L. EVANS, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

WALKER.

Application illed February 9, 1927. Serial No. 166,929.

This invention relates to an improvement in Walkers.

The object is to provide a device, as the name suggests, to assist cripples and convalescents in exercising their limbs in the effort of Walking. l j In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a v1ew in perspective;

Fig. 2 is a detail showing -one 'of the arms'and the means for adjusting the same;

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Fig. 3 is a top plan view partly in section;

Fig. 4 lis a vertical sectional View; and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of 4.' A, represents the vframework of. the walker, which includes a body portion and four legs. Thefrontlegs are supported on rollers,1, and the rear on felt pads 2 to pre- -O vent slipping. A U-shaped brace 3, preferably of bent wood, is securedV to the body portion and holds the sides rigidly in place,

leaving a space between for the person us.

ing the walker, andan opening at the rear for entrance or exit.

. 6 formed The numeral 4 represents arm-rests. These arerigidly secured to vertical strips 5, and the klatter slide through the slots in the frame to receive them. These arms are held in adjusted position 'by clamps 7 and thumb-screws .8, which latter turn oli the screw or bolt 9 of the clamp.

vThese handles are adapted for independent adjustment to suit the requirements, and it may sometimes be desirable to raise the one arm support to a higher position than the other, the fore-arm only .of the user being adapted to reston these arms, as shown in Fig, 1.

The legs are spread as illustrated to keep vthem out of the way-of the user as far as possible, and port and rigidity.

The devlce is simple and inexpensive, easily adjusted and effectual in the functions required ofit. l y

1. A walker including a body' portion having an approximately U-shaped frame, top strips arranged in operative relation there- `portion and in the top strips,

vet furnish the required ysu'p-l with, arm-rests of substantial length, upwardly extending strips spaced aparta su stantial distance and slidably mounted relative to the top strips and supporting the arm-rests, and a clamp carried by the body portion and extending between the adjacent strips and adjustably holding them in their clamped positions.

2. A walker including a body portion havingl an approximately U-shaped frame, top strips arranged in operative relation therewith, arm-rests of substantial length, a plurality of upwardly extending strips spaced apart a substantial distance and arranged in pairs on the opposite sides of said body and supporting the arm-rests, and a clamp carried by the body portion and extending across be` tween and engaging the strips of each pair for adjustably holding them in their clamped positions.

3.A Walker of including a bod portion having guiding strips carried t ereby,. on opposite sidesV thereof, a plurality of upwardly extending strips mounted in spaced relation in pairs in .the guiding strips, elongated Wooden boards forming arm-rests carried by Ithe upper ends of the pairs of strips, land clamps carried by the body portion beneath the guiding .strips for engaging and holding the pairs of guiding-strips in adjusted positions.

4. A Walker of the character described including a body portion formed of side and front boards, open at the rearsupporting legs for the body portion, an approximately U-shaped brace supported on the -body portion, guide strips secured along the side boards on the opposite sides of the trame,

lupwardly extendingjsupporting strips adture.

HARRY L. EVANS.

e frame and guided the character described,'

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