Abstract: A mobile prone stander includes a mobile frame having a pair of central drive wheels and a plurality of caster wheels to maintain stability. A body support frame is pivotally mounted on a central housing which is suspended between a pair of frame members which comprise the mobile frame. The elevation of the central housing is adjustable to accomodate changes in the length of the body frame, and a motor driven unit within the central housing provides powered raising and lowering of the body support frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 1990
Date of Patent:
November 6, 1990
Assignee:
Luconex, Inc.
Inventors:
Talton C. Kendrick, Sterling D. Wiemken, Christopher Lacson
Abstract: A stowable crutch is disclosed which includes two parallel integrated tubes in a single body with a first tube to which a crutch tip is mounted and a second tube to which a rest support is attached, each slidably mounted within an integrated tube. The interior of the integrated tubes are fluted or polygonal in cross section to engage a ratchet or detent mounted on the end of the first and second tubes to effectuate a selection means. The first and second tubes are engaged by an external detent mounted at either end of the body. The first and second tubes are rotated individually to a desired selection and extended to that length whereupon they engage with the external detent. The handgrip is slidably mounted to the body to provide a wide range of adjustment. The external detents provide a means to signal when the first and second tubes are not securely engaged.
Abstract: A user propelled prone stand up wheelchair for an orthopedically disabled user. The wheelchair includes a body platform which is user adjustable between a user substantially vertical stand-up position to a substantially horizontal user face down position. The tilt position of the user relative to the wheelchair support surface is angularly adjustable by the user.