Abstract: A table of the present invention has a substantially rectangular table surface with a rectangular opening at one end providing a recessed storage area. This storage area provides discrete and easily accessible storage of items such as glasses, prescription bottles, drinks, magnifiers, etc. One embodiment of the table is provided with four legs including two legs with wheels and two legs without wheels. The wheels or casters are positioned to allow an elderly or disabled person to easily move the table. The legs without wheels provide stability to the table and allow a person to use the table to push up from a seated position. Other embodiments of the table include additional work surfaces, storage pouches, and other wheeled base configurations.

Abstract: A seat, such as in a chair or bench, for indoor or outdoor spaces that makes sitting and rising from a seated position easier, safer and more comfortable for the elderly or individuals with temporary or permanent disabilities. A seat with a unique extended arm configuration having a plurality of secure support surfaces extending beyond the front edge of the seating surface used in conjunction with a seating surface that can be higher than conventional seats and has a seating surface that can be parallel to horizontal or tilted slightly forward. When used in a free-standing mode the extended arms are used in conjunction with a front leg support that extends beyond the front edge of the seating surface. In a non-free standing mode the extended arms can be used without the front leg support. The unique arm configuration or combination of unique arm and front leg support configuration provide increased comfort and safety when leaning back to sit down or pushing up to rise from a seated position.

Abstract: A device of any material, shape, size, texture, style, color, configuration, and orientation that is affixed, secured, or is an integral part to a staircase handguide, to a handguide support or frame, or to a sidewall. The device provides anyone, ascending or descending the stairs, with a tactile cue that indicates the pedestrian's approach to a final step in a series of steps. A pedestrian senses the tactile indicator to determine when he or she is at the last step so as to change accordingly his or her walking or motion. This safety indicator is intended for the public at large. A pedestrian without sight, with impaired or limited sight, or with compromised sight (due to power outage, light-source outage, smoke-filled stairwell, temporary blindness, etc.) can negotiate stairs with greatly increased safety, speed, and confidence.