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Apparatus to aid walking

US12208048B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2019
Grant dateJan 28, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2071/0018
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus to aid walking, the apparatus including a base unit, housing a motor; and further including first and second horizontally orientated foot supports, mounted for back and forth parallel motion relative to the base unit; the foot supports each being operably connected to the motor; each foot support including a plurality of planar members, including a base plate, an intermediate plate and a foot plate having an upper surface to receive a user's foot, the intermediate plate being pivotally linked at a first end to the base plate and at a second end to the foot plate.

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