Grab bar device
CA 1296148 C · Owner: Hanna, Emmanuel Aziz · Inventors: Hanna, Emmanuel Aziz
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The present invention provides an ambulatory assistance device such as a grab bar or the like which pivots between a nonin-use and an in-use position. The pivoting of the device is assisted by a torsion member acting between the base member and the body. The torsion device is selected so as to retain the body in its non-in-use position when placed in that position. The weight of the pivoting body of the present invention overcomes the force generated by the torsion member when the body is placed in the in-use position so as to retain that orientation. Moreover, the torsion member acts to assist the user of the device in counteracting the weight of the pivoting body member when the body …
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- Granted February 25, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 25, 2009.
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