Portable therapy chair
OwnerWesley Gregoryinventor
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Abstract
The portable therapy chair is a wheelchair. The portable therapy chair is an exercise device used by a patient. The patient sits in the portable therapy chair to exercise. The portable therapy chair provides a counterforce for use by the patient during leg exercises. The portable therapy chair comprises a seat, a plurality of resistance pedals, and an assistance circuit. The plurality of resistance pedals and the assistance circuit attaches to the seat. The seat is a collapsible structure such that the volume of the portable therapy chair reduces for transport. The patient moves the plurality of resistance pedals. The plurality of resistance pedals provides a counterforce against the movement by the patient. The assistance circuit is an electric circuit. The assistance circuit generates the counterforce provided to the patient.
Claims19
A therapy wheelchair comprising
- a seat, a plurality of resistance pedals, and an assistance circuit;
- wherein the plurality of resistance pedals and the assistance circuit attaches to the seat;
- wherein each resistance pedal selected from the plurality of resistance pedals attaches to an inferior surface of a bench of the seat such that the selected resistance pedal rotates relative to the bench;
- wherein the plurality of resistance pedals comprises a first resistance pedal and a second resistance pedal;
- wherein the first resistance pedal is a mechanical device;
- wherein the first resistance pedal attaches to the inferior surface of the bench of the seat;
- wherein the first resistance pedal is adapted for use by a patient during the therapeutic process;
- wherein the first resistance pedal rotates relative to the bench;
- wherein the patient rotates the first resistance pedal during the therapeutic process;
- wherein the second resistance pedal is a mechanical device;
- wherein the second resistance pedal attaches to the inferior surface of the bench of the seat;
- wherein the second resistance pedal is adapted for use by the patient during the therapeutic process;
- wherein the second resistance pedal rotates relative to the bench;
- wherein the patient rotates the second resistance pedal during the therapeutic process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.