Walker and standing aid
View Patent ↗A walker and standing aid provides lift assist handles operably coupled to opposing tracks connected to the walker. The handles can transition between lift and adjustment configurations whereby when in the lift configuration, a person's weight can be supported thereby and when in the adjustment configuration the lift assist handle can be elevationally adjusted relative to the track. For preferred embodiments, the handles are infinitely adjustable within a range of motion along the tracks.
1. A walking and standing aid comprising:
a walker having legs downwardly extending relative to opposing horizontally disposed hand holds;
opposing downwardly extending tracks connected to the walker and having elongate slots operably coupled to lift assist handles, said lift assist handles having grips with bases received in the elongate slots of the tracks, and said bases being infinitely elevationally adjustable along the elongate slots within a range of motion relative to the tracks;
wherein said tracks are located below the hand holds thereby locating grips of the lift assist handles below the hand holds;
said lift assist handles having a lift configuration whereby the grip supports the weight of a user applied thereto, and an adjustment configuration allowing the lift assist handles to be elevationally adjusted relative to the track.
2. The walking and standing aid of claim 1 wherein the hand holds are located on upper extensions, said upper extensions each connecting front and rear legs of the downwardly extending legs.
3. The walking and standing aid of claim 1 wherein the front legs have wheels.
4. The walking and standing aid of claim 1 wherein the front legs have front cross bars.
5. The walking and standing aid of claim 1 further comprising opposing first side cross bars connecting a front leg to a rear leg of the downwardly extending legs.
6. The walking and standing aid of claim 5 wherein the downwardly extending tracks connect directly to the first side cross bars, respectively.
7. The walking and standing aid of claim 6 further comprising second side cross bars spaced elevationally from the first side cross bars and respectively connecting the front leg to the rear leg with the tracks connected to the second side cross bars.
8. The walking and standing aid of claim 7 wherein the range of motion is intermediate the first and second side cross bars.
9. A walking and standing aid comprising:
a walker having legs a walker having legs downwardly extending relative to opposing horizontally disposed hand holds, opposing first side cross bars connecting a front leg to a rear leg of the downwardly extending legs; and
opposing downwardly extending tracks connected to the walker and having operably coupled to lift assist handles, said lift assist handles having grips with bases received in the tracks, and said bases being infinitely elevationally adjustable within a range of motion relative to the tracks, the downwardly extending tracks connecting directly to the first side cross bars, respectively and second side cross bars spaced elevationally from the first side cross bars and respectively connecting the front leg to the rear leg with the tracks connected to the second side cross bars wherein the range of motion is intermediate the first and second side cross bars;
said lift assist handles having a lift configuration whereby the grip supports the weight of a user applied thereto, and an adjustment configuration allowing the lift assist handles to be elevationally adjusted relative to the track;
wherein the tracks have a first inside face and a second oppositely directed inside face, and a shoulder of base contacts the first inside face and a toe contacts the second inside face in the lift configuration for a friction fit; and at least one of the toe and the shoulder are spaced from the respective first or second faces in the adjustment configuration.
10. The walking and standing aid of claim 9 wherein upward rotation of the grip relative to the base transitions the lift assist handles from the lift to the adjustment configuration.
11. The walking and standing aid of claim 10 wherein downward rotation of the grip relative to the base until the toe and shoulder contact the respective inside faces transitions the lift assist handles from the adjustment to the lift configurations.
12. The walking and standing aid of claim 9 wherein the base further comprises a roller located above the toe.
13. The walking and standing aid of claim 9 wherein the shoulder has a support extending through a slot in the first inside face and ears outwardly extending relative to the support with the ears contacting the first inside face in the lift configuration.
14. A walking and standing aid comprising:
a walker having legs downwardly extending relative to opposing horizontally disposed hand holds;
opposing downwardly extending tracks connected to the walker and having operably coupled to lift assist handles, said lift assist handles having grips with bases received in the tracks, and said bases being infinitely elevationally adjustable within a range of motion relative to the tracks;
said lift assist handles having a lift configuration whereby the grip supports the weight of a user applied thereto, and an adjustment configuration allowing the lift assist handles to be elevationally adjusted relative to the track, said grip connected to a toe which provides a friction fit with the track in the lift configured with the grip supporting the weight of the user and;
wherein transition from the lift configuration to the adjustment configuration for the respective lift assist handle occurs through lifting upwardly on the respective grip thereby releasing the friction fit of the toe with the track allowing the grip to be moved elevationally relative to the track in the adjustment configuration.
15. A walker and standing aid comprising:
a walker having legs downwardly extending relative to opposing horizontally disposed hand holds;
opposing tracks connected to the walker and having elongate slots operably coupled to lift assist handles, said lift assist handles having grips with bases received in the elongate slots of the tracks, and said bases being elevationally adjustable along the elongate slots within a range of motion relative to the tracks with the grips located below the hand holds;
said lift assist handles having a lift configuration whereby the grip supports the weight of a user applied downwardly thereto and an adjustment configuration allowing the lift assist handles to be elevationally adjusted relative to the track.
16. The walking and standing aid of claim 15 wherein transition from the lift configuration to the adjustment configuration for the respective lift assist handle occurs through lifting upwardly on the respective grip and pushing downwardly directs the lift assist handle towards the lift configuration.
17. The walking and standing aid of claim 16 further comprising opposing first side cross bars connecting a front leg to a rear leg of the downwardly extending legs, and said tracks connected to the first side cross bars.
18. The walking and standing aid of claim 17 further comprising opposing second side cross bars connecting the front leg to the rear leg of the downwardly extending legs, and said tracks connected to the second side cross bars in elevational displacement relative to the first cross bars.
19. The walking and standing aid of claim 18 wherein the range of motion is intermediate the first and second side cross bars.
20. The walker of claim 15 wherein the lift assist handles are each infinitely elevationally adjustable within the range of motion.