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EP 0165197 B1 19881228 - ARTICULATED WALKING AID

Title (en)

ARTICULATED WALKING AID

Publication

EP 0165197 B1 19881228 (FR)

Application

EP 85630076 A 19850509

Priority

LU 85364 A 19840516

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0165197A1] The walking aid device comprises a front frame and a rear frame hinged to one another so as to enable a limited pivoting of one frame with respect to the other about a transverse axis parallel to the planes of both frames.

IPC 1-7

A61H 3/00

IPC 8 full level

A61H 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61H 3/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0165197 A1 19851218; EP 0165197 B1 19881228; AT E39414 T1 19890115; AU 4408685 A 19851213; DE 3566952 D1 19890202; ES 296038 U 19870716; ES 296038 Y 19880116; LU 85364 A1 19860129; WO 8505268 A1 19851205

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85630076 A 19850509; AT 85630076 T 19850509; AU 4408685 A 19850513; DE 3566952 T 19850509; EP 8500230 W 19850513; ES 296038 U 19850515; LU 85364 A 19840516