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US2989114A
US2989114A US812201A US81220159A US2989114A US 2989114 A US2989114 A US 2989114A US 812201 A US812201 A US 812201A US 81220159 A US81220159 A US 81220159A US 2989114 A US2989114 A US 2989114A
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    • 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
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  • This invention relates to walking aids for injured or crippled persons, and has for its object to provide a simple means for assisting such persons to move about safely.
  • the arrangement according to the invention comprises a metal frame having side members carrying arm rests and handles at the top and resting on arcuate supporting members so that the appliance can rock in a fore and aft direction.
  • the upper parts of the frame side members are interconnected by a cross-member at the front, and the arcuate supporting members are likewise connected by a cross-member preferably at the front.
  • the handles are preferably arranged at approximately 90 to the top elements of the frame side members on which the arm rests are mounted.
  • the curvature of the supporting members is such that the centres of curvatures are above the centre of gravity of the user, so that the user tends to keep in a vertical position.
  • the user supports himself on the arm rests and allows the appliance to rock forwards, and then transfers his weight to his feet and slides the appliance forwards by upward pressure on the handles to be in position for the next step.
  • FIGURE 1 is a rear perspective view of a device according to the invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is a front perspective view.
  • the device comprises a frame having side members each comprising two upright tubes 1 and 2 and a top tube '3, which slopes downwards towards the front.
  • Each top tube 3 carries at its rear end an arm rest 4 which is parallel to the tube 3 and at its front end a hand grip nited States Patent 5 approximately at right angles to the tube 3.
  • the tubes 3 are connected near their front ends by a tube 6.
  • the tubes 1 and 2 are connected at their lower ends to arcuate tubes or rockers 7 which are made integral with a cross-member 8 at the front.
  • Supporting lugs 9 are fitted under the front ends of the rockers 7 to limit the extent to which the device can rock in the forward direction.
  • a walking aid for injured or crippled persons comprising two side frames each including an arcuate rocker at its lower end and each such rocker extending in a fore and aft direrction beyond the side member, each said side member including also a shorter front limb and a longer rear limb with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined top element connecting the upper ends of said limbs together, a forwardly and upwardly inclined hand grip at the front end of each said top element extending at approximately to the direction of the top element, and a fore-arm rest of arcuate section at the rear end of each said top element, a cross member connecting the forward end of said rockers together and a further cross member connecting said side members together adjacent the said hand grips.
  • a walking aid as claimed in claim 1 having stop members below the forwardly extending parts of said rockers, located forwardly of said hand grips, to limit forward rocking movement, and in which the curvature of the said rockers is such that the center of curvature is above the center of gravity of the user.

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June 20, 1961 J. w. ECROYD 2,989,114
WALKING AIDS FOR INJURED OR CRIPPLED PERSONS Filed May 11, 1959 2,989,114 WALKING AIDS FOR INJURED R CRIPPLED PERSONS John W. Ecroyd, The Bungalow, Millbrook, Stalybridge, England Filed May 11, 1959, Ser. No. 812,201 2 Claims. (Cl. 155-22) This invention relates to walking aids for injured or crippled persons, and has for its object to provide a simple means for assisting such persons to move about safely.
The arrangement according to the invention comprises a metal frame having side members carrying arm rests and handles at the top and resting on arcuate supporting members so that the appliance can rock in a fore and aft direction.
Preferably the upper parts of the frame side members are interconnected by a cross-member at the front, and the arcuate supporting members are likewise connected by a cross-member preferably at the front. The handles are preferably arranged at approximately 90 to the top elements of the frame side members on which the arm rests are mounted. The curvature of the supporting members is such that the centres of curvatures are above the centre of gravity of the user, so that the user tends to keep in a vertical position.
In use, the user supports himself on the arm rests and allows the appliance to rock forwards, and then transfers his weight to his feet and slides the appliance forwards by upward pressure on the handles to be in position for the next step.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:
FIGURE 1 is a rear perspective view of a device according to the invention.
FIGURE 2 is a front perspective view.
The device comprises a frame having side members each comprising two upright tubes 1 and 2 and a top tube '3, which slopes downwards towards the front. Each top tube 3 carries at its rear end an arm rest 4 which is parallel to the tube 3 and at its front end a hand grip nited States Patent 5 approximately at right angles to the tube 3. The tubes 3 are connected near their front ends by a tube 6.
The tubes 1 and 2 are connected at their lower ends to arcuate tubes or rockers 7 which are made integral with a cross-member 8 at the front. Supporting lugs 9 are fitted under the front ends of the rockers 7 to limit the extent to which the device can rock in the forward direction.
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1. A walking aid for injured or crippled persons, comprising two side frames each including an arcuate rocker at its lower end and each such rocker extending in a fore and aft direrction beyond the side member, each said side member including also a shorter front limb and a longer rear limb with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined top element connecting the upper ends of said limbs together, a forwardly and upwardly inclined hand grip at the front end of each said top element extending at approximately to the direction of the top element, and a fore-arm rest of arcuate section at the rear end of each said top element, a cross member connecting the forward end of said rockers together and a further cross member connecting said side members together adjacent the said hand grips.
2. A walking aid as claimed in claim 1, having stop members below the forwardly extending parts of said rockers, located forwardly of said hand grips, to limit forward rocking movement, and in which the curvature of the said rockers is such that the center of curvature is above the center of gravity of the user.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 503,105 Tingley Aug. 8, 1893 1,137,008 Kindermann Apr. 27, 1915 1,394,224 Scott Oct. 18, 1921 1,727,969 Evans Sept. 10, 1929 FOREIGN PATENTS 118,469 Great Britain Sept. 5, 1918
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US3174494A (en) * 1961-06-05 1965-03-23 Jr Roderick H Maguire Arm contoured crutch
US3633906A (en) * 1969-07-03 1972-01-11 Malcolm L Barnes A walker which has a rocking movement
US4773642A (en) * 1986-11-12 1988-09-27 Cruz Raynaldo T Adjustable exercise weight supporting device
US5033734A (en) * 1990-06-21 1991-07-23 Jalbert Timothy J Training aid for skaters
US5555904A (en) * 1995-12-29 1996-09-17 Stockwell; Walter E. Forearm crutch
US6056673A (en) * 1998-05-05 2000-05-02 Arrecis; Marco T. Walking aid
US20050187083A1 (en) * 2003-01-08 2005-08-25 Krystoff Richard M. Fitness/therapy device
US8733379B2 (en) * 2012-05-04 2014-05-27 Yongbeom KWON Walking supporter
US20190022494A1 (en) * 2016-01-11 2019-01-24 Christopher Patterson Convertible Training Aid for Multi-Stage Development of a Skater
US20190216674A1 (en) * 2016-09-08 2019-07-18 Trexo Robotics Inc. Mobile weight-bearing powered orthosis device
USD874356S1 (en) 2017-11-10 2020-02-04 Carolyn Virgo Mobility aid
USD894794S1 (en) 2018-10-12 2020-09-01 Carolyn Virgo Mobility aid

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US503105A (en) * 1893-08-08 John tingley
US1137008A (en) * 1914-06-16 1915-04-27 Franz Kindermann Crutch.
GB118469A (en) * 1917-09-07 1918-09-05 Francis Weldon Improvements in or relating to Crutches.
US1394224A (en) * 1921-01-10 1921-10-18 Scott Milton Darnell Rolling crutch
US1727969A (en) * 1927-02-09 1929-09-10 Harry L Evans Walker

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US503105A (en) * 1893-08-08 John tingley
US1137008A (en) * 1914-06-16 1915-04-27 Franz Kindermann Crutch.
GB118469A (en) * 1917-09-07 1918-09-05 Francis Weldon Improvements in or relating to Crutches.
US1394224A (en) * 1921-01-10 1921-10-18 Scott Milton Darnell Rolling crutch
US1727969A (en) * 1927-02-09 1929-09-10 Harry L Evans Walker

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3174494A (en) * 1961-06-05 1965-03-23 Jr Roderick H Maguire Arm contoured crutch
US3633906A (en) * 1969-07-03 1972-01-11 Malcolm L Barnes A walker which has a rocking movement
US4773642A (en) * 1986-11-12 1988-09-27 Cruz Raynaldo T Adjustable exercise weight supporting device
US5033734A (en) * 1990-06-21 1991-07-23 Jalbert Timothy J Training aid for skaters
US5555904A (en) * 1995-12-29 1996-09-17 Stockwell; Walter E. Forearm crutch
US6056673A (en) * 1998-05-05 2000-05-02 Arrecis; Marco T. Walking aid
US20050187083A1 (en) * 2003-01-08 2005-08-25 Krystoff Richard M. Fitness/therapy device
US8733379B2 (en) * 2012-05-04 2014-05-27 Yongbeom KWON Walking supporter
US20190022494A1 (en) * 2016-01-11 2019-01-24 Christopher Patterson Convertible Training Aid for Multi-Stage Development of a Skater
US20190216674A1 (en) * 2016-09-08 2019-07-18 Trexo Robotics Inc. Mobile weight-bearing powered orthosis device
USD874356S1 (en) 2017-11-10 2020-02-04 Carolyn Virgo Mobility aid
USD874355S1 (en) 2017-11-10 2020-02-04 Carolyn Virgo Mobility aid
US10744051B2 (en) 2017-11-10 2020-08-18 Carolyn Virgo Mobility device
USD894794S1 (en) 2018-10-12 2020-09-01 Carolyn Virgo Mobility aid

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