Mobile support assembly
View Patent ↗A mobility device includes stored orientation and an operative orientation. Further the mobility device includes a frame, the frame having a front leg assembly including a pair of front legs, and a rear leg assembly including a pair of rear legs. Each of the front and rear leg assemblies including at least one cross member spanning the legs thereof, the cross members structured to have a variable width so as to effectively vary an overall width of the mobility device and reduce the width when in the stored orientation. Further, at least one of the leg assemblies includes a lower portion wherein the wheels are included, the lower portion disposable into a non-operative storage position that at least partially defines a reduced longitudinal dimension of the mobility device when in the stored orientation.
1. A mobile support assembly structured to facilitate travel of an individual over a supporting surface, said support 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,
at least one of said front leg assembly and said rear leg assembly including at least one cross member,
a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly respectively disposed at a lower portion of corresponding ones of said front and rear leg assemblies,
at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies 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 reduced width, transverse and longitudinal dimensions,
said stored orientation comprising at least one of said front or rear leg assemblies including a lower portion disposable into a non-operative storage position and thereby at least partially defining said reduced longitudinal dimension, and
said stored orientation further comprising said cross member having a variable width thereby at least partially defining said reduced width.
2. A mobile support assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said cross member includes a pair of segments which telescopingly engage one another so as to vary a width of said cross member.
3. A mobile support assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said segments including a plurality of locking points at which they are secured with one another, said locking points oriented to provide both an increase and decrease in said width of said cross-member.
4. A mobile support assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein both said front and said rear leg assemblies include at least one of said cross members, each of said cross members structured to provide a variable width.
5. A mobile support assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein said cross members each include a pair of segments which telescopingly engage one another so as to vary a width of said cross members.