WO2002062285A1 - Arrangement to be mounted on a rollator and a rollator with such an arrangement - Google Patents
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- WO2002062285A1 WO2002062285A1 PCT/DK2002/000087 DK0200087W WO02062285A1 WO 2002062285 A1 WO2002062285 A1 WO 2002062285A1 DK 0200087 W DK0200087 W DK 0200087W WO 02062285 A1 WO02062285 A1 WO 02062285A1
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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
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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
- A61H2003/001—Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about on steps or stairways
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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
- A61H2003/046—Wheeled walking aids for patients or disabled persons with braking means
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- the present invention relates to an arrangement to be mounted on a rollator and a rol- lator with such an arrangement for use by walking impaired persons and, more particularly, for use by such persons when they have to traverse an obstacle on the rolling surface.
- these obstacles are thresholds and doorways, elevated manhole covers in the sidewalk, pavement slaps which are out of level, kerbstones and so forth.
- the walking impaired encounters these kinds of obstacles everywhere where the environment is not purpose built for walking impaired people or where special implements have not been made available for traversing such obstacles.
- These obstacles can be found at home, at the houses of friends, on every street, shopping areas, parking lots, everywhere normal people want or need to go.
- the walking impaired person When encountering for example a threshold with a normal rollator, the walking impaired person will have to push the rollator across the threshold. During this pushing the centre of the gravity will move from the centre of the rollator to the front in order to force the wheels across the threshold. Because of this forward movement of the centre of gravity the risk exists that the user together with the rollator will tumble over the threshold due to the elevated pressure on the front wheels.
- thresholds In this application emphasis is on thresholds, but the invention is not limited to use against thresholds, but to all sorts of obstacles which can be encountered.
- the focus on thresholds is based on the fact that most normal houses have thresholds between rooms and it is a very costly affair to have these thresholds removed as well as the floor repaired where the threshold was.
- ramps can be fitted to traverse the threshold, but these ramps present other problems and are costly to have purpose made for each individual size of threshold.
- an object of the present invention to provide means by which it will be possible for walking impaired persons using a rollator to safely and without hassle pass objects such as thresholds, differences in elevations, small steps, uneven pavement, slaps, and so forth, without the risk of stumbling or falling.
- the arrangement comprises one or more wheels arranged such that the wheel's axis is in front of the axis of the front wheels of the rollator, said one or more wheels is/are arranged on means which can be pivoted about an axis, said axis being connected to the rollator, said pivotable means are further connected via a lever or cable system to an activating device which can be activated by the user, whereby the wheel can be moved between an up position and a down posi- tion.
- the invention is advantageously provided with activating means which can be activated by the legs of the user.
- the activating device is arranged below the handles of the rollator for activation by the legs of the user.
- the pivotable means are influenced by a spring urging the wheels towards the up position.
- This spring is provided in order to assure that when the rollator is for normal use, i.e. when there are no obstacles in the path of the user, the arrangement including the wheel is lifted off the surface and does not interfere with the normal use. Once the user forces the activating device forwards and thereby causes the wheel to get into contact with an obstacle, the user will have to overcome the spring force in order to put the wheel down. This is not an extra burden on the user, even though many users are fairly weak, in that a slight pushing of the rollator as such is needed in order to traverse the obstacle anyway and this pushing action can, conveniently, be derived from the pushing of the activating device. Furthermore, the spring should only apply a force which assures that the wheel of the arrangement will be lifted from the surface.
- the activating device can be equipped with a sort of brake so that when the activating device is in its position whereby the wheel has contacted the obstacle a braking arrangement will maintain the activating device in this position and thereby also overcome the force of the spring.
- the obstacle engaging wheel can instead be replaced by a track laying device with an endless belt.
- two wheels are arranged with an endless belt surrounding the two wheels such that the two wheels are connected to the pivotable means whereby by manipulation of the activating device the track laying structure can be brought into engagement with the obstacle on the path.
- the arrangement according to the invention can be fitted to already existing rollators in that suitable fixing means, for example clamps and bolts, can be attached to the ends of the connecting members, whereby the pivotable means can be releaseably fastened to the rollator.
- suitable fixing means for example clamps and bolts
- an extendible member can be fitted between the connection to the rollator and the pivotable means, whereby it is possible to adjust the obstacle engaging means to the obstacles which are likely to be encountered during the use of the rollator.
- a spring member or other resilient means can be fitted between the obstacle engaging means, i.e. the wheel or the track laying device and the rollator, such that small unevennesses in the obstacles to be traversed can be countered by the spring means.
- spring means for this purpose a gas telescopic spring member can be installed.
- a rollator with already installed arrangement according to the invention is also foreseen within the scope of this invention in that such an arrangement can be provided as a standard feature on all rollators.
- the same arrangement i.e. the activating means, the pivotable means, the axis as well as the wheel or wheels
- the same arrangement can be mounted on other devices which help the working impaired to get around.
- these other implements are especially walking arrangements which do not have wheels, but which are lifted for each step that the walking impaired makes. Due to the fragility and weakness of many elderly users of these devices, it is not possible for them to lift the support structure very high of the ground, whereby it becomes difficult for them to traverse thresholds, kerbstones and the like.
- an arrangement according to the invention can be mounted on these kinds of devices.
- the arrangement according to the invention can be mounted on any walking aid for walking impaired persons.
- Fig. 1 shows a common rollator
- fig. 2 shows a detailed view of the arrangement according to the invention
- fig. 3 shows the arrangement of fig. 2 in a frontal view
- fig. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the arrangement.
- the rollator consists of a frame 12. On the top end section of the frame is arranged two handle bars 10 as well as optionally one or two hand brakes 20.
- the rear wheels 9 are usually fixed to the frame in such a manner that they will not be able to pivot about an substantially vertical axis.
- the front wheels 9 are arranged such that they can pivot about a vertical axis whereby the user of the rollator can make turns and manoeuvre the rollator in the direction he or she wants to move.
- Some rollators are equipped with a seat 19 arranged such that the user if getting tired he or she can rest by sitting on the rollator itself.
- the rear wheels are arranged to be pivotable about an axis where the front wheels are fixed. Within the scope of this invention it has no in- fluence on the invention as such whether the front wheels or the rear wheels are made to be the steering wheels of the rollator.
- the invention is schematically shown in fig. 2.
- the wheels 9 are arranged on the frame 1 such that the rear wheels are fixed, i.e. they cannot swivel about a vertical axis, but can only turn about a horizontal axis.
- the front wheels are arranged with a swivel arrangement such that they can be pivoted around a vertical axis, whereby the user can manoeuvre the rollator 1 in any desired direction.
- an obstacle 100 for example a threshold, unevenness in the pavement, small step or the like
- the front wheel 9 will be braked by this obstacle.
- the lever 6 By pressing a knee or leg against the activating device 7 the lever 6 will turn about the axis 13.
- the invention is shown as seen from the front of the rollator.
- Wheels 9 are arranged on swivel arrangements 14 mounted in the front end of the rollator.
- the arrangement according to the invention is in this embodiment arranged as an integral unit of a rollator, but the invention is also suitable for being mounted afterwards and separately on existing rollators in that the cross bar 15 between the two rollator legs 16 can easily and securely be fastened afterwards to any known rollator.
- the wheel 2 is attached to the pivotable means 3 which can pivot about an axis 4.
- the axis 4 is fastened to the pivotable means 3.
- the pivotable means 3 are shaped as a boomerang where the axis 4 extends perpendicular to the plane of said boomerang.
- the member 17 can be extendible, for example arranged as a telescope unit, whereby the distance between the wheel 2 and the surface can be adjusted such that activation by the activating device 7 will cause the wheel to get into contact and thereby ease the passage of obstacles.
- a spring member 8 is arranged such that it will urge the pivotable means 3 and thereby the wheel into its up position.
- FIG. 4 is illustrated an alternative embodiment of the invention where the obstacle engaging wheels 2 are in the shape of an endless belt structure comparing to a track laying device.
- the lever and/or cable means as well as the activating device is not shown.
- the wheels 2,2' are arranged on a pivotable member 3 which can pivot about an axis 4.
- a belt is arranged around the two wheels 2,2' in such a way as to make up a track laying unit.
- the belt can advantageously be made from rubber, glass fibre rein- forced rubber or any similar material suitable for this purpose.
- a force transferring member 18 is arranged between the two wheels for supporting the surface underneath the belt when the track laying unit has to traverse an obstacle.
- This embodiment is especially versatile and can with great advantage be used where the obstacles do not have uniform cross-sections as thresholds, but are of more variable shapes such as rocks, logs and the like encountered outside the home.
- the activating device 7 and the levers 6,5 are here shown as rigid members it is within the scope of the invention to replace this arrangement with a spring influ- enced cable system, whereby when the activating member is activated by the leg or knee of the user this will cause the cable to be activated in such a manner that the pivotable member 3 is pivoted, whereby the wheel 2 is brought into contact with the obstacle 100 to be traversed.
- the activation of the wheel 2 can be performed by arranging an electrical motor around the axis 4 and appropriate electrical connection means (not shown) to an activation device in the shape of an electrical switch on the handles (10).
- the axis about which the wheel turns is slightly in front of the horizontal turning axis of the front wheels on the rollator in order for the wheels 2 to be able to encounter the obstacles 100 before the wheels 9, whereby the arrangement according to the invention can help traverse obstacles encountered by the users of the rollator.
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EP02710768A EP1363578A1 (en) | 2001-02-07 | 2002-02-07 | Arrangement to be mounted on a rollator and a rollator with such an arrangement |
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DK200100039U DK200100039U3 (en) | 2001-02-07 | 2001-02-07 | Aggregate |
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WO2002062285A1 true WO2002062285A1 (en) | 2002-08-15 |
WO2002062285A8 WO2002062285A8 (en) | 2004-04-29 |
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DE10348744A1 (en) * | 2003-10-16 | 2005-05-25 | Bröder, Anton | Zimmer frame on wheels, comprising additional slightly higher positioned front wheel |
DE202010008710U1 (en) * | 2010-10-04 | 2011-11-10 | Hans-Georg Pieper | Tilting aid for a walker and / or walker |
US8100415B2 (en) | 2006-02-15 | 2012-01-24 | Trionic Sverige Ab | Wheel suspension |
EP3132991A4 (en) * | 2014-04-14 | 2018-01-03 | Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. | Transport trolley and walker |
CN108743259A (en) * | 2018-04-02 | 2018-11-06 | 汤文凯 | A kind of mobile Medical rack of single leg auxiliary of controllable single displacement distance |
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EP0468106A1 (en) * | 1989-03-23 | 1992-01-29 | Louis G. Berning | Walker with pivoting wheel |
EP0873741A2 (en) * | 1997-04-22 | 1998-10-28 | Handi Network International Co., Ltd. | Walker |
US5964473A (en) * | 1994-11-18 | 1999-10-12 | Degonda-Rehab S.A. | Wheelchair for transporting or assisting the displacement of at least one user, particularly for handicapped person |
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EP0468106A1 (en) * | 1989-03-23 | 1992-01-29 | Louis G. Berning | Walker with pivoting wheel |
US5964473A (en) * | 1994-11-18 | 1999-10-12 | Degonda-Rehab S.A. | Wheelchair for transporting or assisting the displacement of at least one user, particularly for handicapped person |
EP0873741A2 (en) * | 1997-04-22 | 1998-10-28 | Handi Network International Co., Ltd. | Walker |
Cited By (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE10348744A1 (en) * | 2003-10-16 | 2005-05-25 | Bröder, Anton | Zimmer frame on wheels, comprising additional slightly higher positioned front wheel |
DE10348744B4 (en) * | 2003-10-16 | 2006-11-23 | Bröder, Anton | Rollator roll lifter |
US8100415B2 (en) | 2006-02-15 | 2012-01-24 | Trionic Sverige Ab | Wheel suspension |
DE202010008710U1 (en) * | 2010-10-04 | 2011-11-10 | Hans-Georg Pieper | Tilting aid for a walker and / or walker |
EP3132991A4 (en) * | 2014-04-14 | 2018-01-03 | Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. | Transport trolley and walker |
CN108743259A (en) * | 2018-04-02 | 2018-11-06 | 汤文凯 | A kind of mobile Medical rack of single leg auxiliary of controllable single displacement distance |
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EP1363578A1 (en) | 2003-11-26 |
DK200100039U3 (en) | 2001-03-09 |
WO2002062285A8 (en) | 2004-04-29 |
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