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. 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 having an operative orientation and a stored orientation, said stored orientation at least partially defined by said frame having a compact configuration of substantially reduced dimension;
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 wheel assembly comprising a pair of wheels connected to said frame,
at least one of said front and rear leg assemblies having two legs each structured to have a variable length when disposed between said operative and stored orientations,
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 non-coaxially aligned relation when in said stored orientation, said stored orientation comprising each of said lower portions folded laterally inward toward one another to at least partially define a reduced longitudinal dimension of each of said two legs and said frame, and
said lower portion of each of said legs operatively coupled to a different one of said pair of wheels.
2. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a front and a rear wheel assembly.
3. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein a brake cable is disposed in interconnecting relation between said wheel assembly and said frame while in said stored orientation.
4. A walker assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said stored orientation further comprises said lower portions of said two legs disposed in substantially overlapping relation with one another.
5. A walker assembly structured to facilitate an individual's mobility, said walker assembly comprising:
a frame having 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 wheel assembly correspondingly connected to at least one 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 a reduced longitudinal dimension of each of said two legs and said reduced longitudinal dimension of said frame, and
said folded storage position at least partially defined by each of said lower portions being disposed out of said coaxially aligned relation with corresponding ones of said upper portions and each of said lower portions folded laterally inward toward one another.
6. A walker assembly as recited in claim 5 further comprising a front and a rear wheel assembly.
7. A walker as recited in claim 6 wherein said rear leg assembly includes said two legs, said rear wheel assembly including a pair of wheels, said lower portion of each of said two legs of said rear leg assembly comprises a different one of said pair of wheels connected thereto, each of said wheels disposable with a corresponding one of said lower portions into said folded storage position to at least partially define a reduced longitudinal dimension of each of said two legs and said reduced longitudinal dimension of said frame.
8. A walker assembly as recited in claim 7 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 wheels 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 dimensions of said two legs and said frame.
9. A walker assembly as recited in claim 5 wherein said folded storage position further comprises said lower portions of said two legs disposed in substantially overlapping relation with one another.
10. A walker assembly as recited in claim 9 wherein said one wheel assembly comprises a pair of wheels, each of said wheels connected to said lower portion of a different one of said two legs; said folded storage position further comprising said lower portions and said wheels disposed in substantially overlapping relation to one another.