GEHHILFE

• Main Authors: KIRTLEY, CHRISTOPHER, MCKAY, KENNETH
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 28.03.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A walking aid having a body support member (43, 70, 100) and a pair of leg support members (42, 90, 110, 112) each of which are interconnected by a central or crutch pivot means (41, 79, 113) so as to be independently movable with respect to each other. In one embodiment the body support member is a...