Mobile support assembly
View Patent ↗A mobility device includes at least a first front leg and at least a first rear leg connected to the first front leg connected to the first front leg. The first rear leg includes an upper member having a first end a second end and a lower member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the upper member is pivotally connected to the first end of the lower member, and the lower member is preferably pivotal between an extended use position and a folded storage position.
1. A walker assembly structured to facilitate an individual's mobility, said walker assembly comprising:
a frame selectively disposable between an operative orientation and a stored orientation;
said frame including a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly movably interconnected and disposable relative to one another between said operative and stored orientations;
a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively connected to a lower portion of corresponding ones of said front and rear leg assemblies,
at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies having two legs each structured to have a variable length when disposed between said operative and stored orientations,
said stored orientation at least partially defined by said frame having a compact configuration of substantially reduced transverse and longitudinal dimensions,
each of said two legs including an upper portion and a lower portion disposable into a coaxially aligned relation when in said operative orientation and into a folded storage position when in said stored orientation, said folded storage position at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension, and
said folded storage position at least partially defined by each of said lower portions of said two legs disposed inwardly towards one another in substantially angular, transverse relation to corresponding ones of said upper portions.
2. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein a brake cable is disposed in interconnecting relation between said rear wheel assembly, said lower portion and said frame while in said folded storage position.
3. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said lower portion of each of said two legs comprises a different wheel assembly connected thereto, each of said wheel assemblies disposable with a corresponding one of said lower portions into said folded storage position to at least partially define said reduced longitudinal dimension.
4. A walker assembly as recited in claim 3 wherein each of said two legs further comprise a hinge assembly pivotally interconnecting said lower and upper portions of each of said two legs, said lower portion and a corresponding one of said wheel assemblies of each of said two legs pivotally disposable relative to a corresponding one of said upper portions of each of said two legs, about a corresponding one of said hinge assemblies, to at least partially define said reduced longitudinal dimension.
5. A walker assembly structured to facilitate an individual's mobility, said walker assembly comprising:
a frame selectively disposable between an operative orientation and a stored orientation;
said frame including a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly movably interconnected and disposable relative to one another between said operative and stored orientations;
a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively connected to corresponding ones of said front and rear leg assemblies,
at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies having two legs, each structured to have a variable length when disposed between said operative and stored orientations,
said stored orientation at least partially defined by said frame having a compact configuration of substantially reduced transverse and longitudinal dimensions,
each of said two legs including an upper portion and a lower portion disposable into a coaxially aligned relation when in said operative orientation and into a folded storage position when in said stored orientation, said folded storage position at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension, and
said folded storage position at least partially defined by each of said lower portions disposed inwardly towards one another and in substantially angular, transverse relation to corresponding ones of said upper portions and in substantially overlapping relation to one another.
6. A walker assembly as recited in claim 5 wherein said rear wheel assembly includes said two legs, said lower portion of each of said two legs of said rear leg assembly comprises a different wheel assembly of said rear wheel assembly connected thereto, each of said wheel assemblies disposable with a corresponding one of said lower portions into said folded storage position to at least partially define said reduced longitudinal dimension.
7. A walker assembly as recited in claim 6 wherein each of said two legs further comprises a hinge assembly pivotally interconnecting said lower and upper portions of each of said two legs, said lower portion and a corresponding one of said wheel assemblies of each of said two legs pivotally disposable relative to a corresponding one of said upper portions of each of said two legs, about a corresponding one of said hinge assemblies, to at least partially define said folded storage position and said reduced longitudinal dimension.