ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,488, issued on July 15, was assigned to DARCO INTERNATIONAL INC. (Huntington, W.va.).
"Rear entry walker" was invented by H. Darrel Darby (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Wu Zhang (Proctorville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shell for a walker includes a base configured to receive a foot of a user thereon, a pair of side bodies extending upwards from the base, the pair of side bodies configured to cover a left side and a right side of at least one from among an ankle and a part of a lower leg of the user, respectively, while the foot of the user is received by the base, and a tibial body that is rigid and fixed to each of the pair ...