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Granted Patent B2
US 9,883,984 · App. 13/838,973 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Method and mechanism for securing a removable tray to a walker

Inventor: Kareem Reda (Edina, MN)
Assignee: YUNGA TART LLC
A61H3/00A61H3/04A61H2003/004Y10T29/49826
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,883,984
App. No.
13/838,973
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mechanism and method for securing a removable tray to a walker frame. The mechanism comprises a removable spacer wherein the spacer is adapted to frictionally engage the walker tray with a walker handle. The method of attaching the removable walker tray to the walker frame comprises securing a first spacer to a first cutout in the walker tray; securing a second spacer to a second cutout in the walker tray; inserting a first walker handle into the first cutout in the tray; inserting a second walker handle into the second cutout in the tray; and where upon inserting the walker handles into the cutouts, the tray is positioned on top of the walker frame and the tray secured in a substantially level position on the walker frame by frictional engagement of the spacer between the tray and the walker handles.

Claims (14)

1. A mechanism for securing a removable tray to a walker frame, the mechanism comprising:

a removable spacer having a semi-arcuate length and comprising:

a first surface configured for engagement with a surface of the removable walker tray;

a second surface configured for engagement with a walker handle, such that the spacer is adapted to frictionally engage the removable walker tray with the walker handle extending through an opening in the walker tray such that when the walker tray is placed on a walker frame, the walker handle extends upwardly through the opening in the walker try, and

terminal ends of the arcuate length configured to further secure the removable spacer to the removable tray substantially horizontally to a ground surface by engagement of the second surface of the spacer with the walker handle.

2. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the spacer is comprised of rubber.

3. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the spacer is adapted to engage with a lip on a bottom surface of the walker tray.

4. A method of attaching a removable walker tray to a walker frame, the method comprising:

securing a first spacer to a first cutout in the walker tray;

securing a second spacer to a second cutout in the walker tray;

inserting a first walker handle into the first cutout in the tray;

inserting a second walker handle into the second cutout in the tray; and

where upon inserting the walker handles into the cutouts, the tray is positioned on top of the walker frame and the tray is secured in a substantially level position on the walker frame by frictional engagement of the spacers with both the tray and the walker handles and between the tray and the walker handles.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the spacer further engages with a lip on a bottom surface of the tray.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2013
From: REDA, KAREEM
To: YUNGA TART LLC
Reel/Frame 030523/0576 →
Continuity (1)
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