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Compliant walkerA compliant walker is provided for humans having limited use of their legs and lower back. It includes an upright wheel frame which at least partially surrounds an upright user wearing a partial body harness. It is attached to the frame by means of cable compliant apparatus consisting of sets of cable segments and angle bracket members connected between opposite side members of the frame and adjacent side portions of the harness. Novelty is believed to exist in the combination of a wheeled frame including a side support structure, a body harness, and compliance means connecting the body harness to the side support structure for flexibility holding and supporting a person in a substantially upright position when the user sags in the frame when taking weight off the lower extremities.
Document ID
19930005519
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Kerley, James J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Eklund, Wayne D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Crane, J. Allen (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
December 29, 1992
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-725111
Patent Number: US-PATENT-5,174,590
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-GSC-13348-2
Accession Number
93N14708
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-5,174,590|NASA-CASE-GSC-13348-2
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-725111

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