Simulator system and method for exercising lower limbs of a user seated on a wheelchair or like vehicular system

A simulator system 100 removably mountable on a wheelchair for exercising lower limbs of a user seated thereon, the simulator system 100 comprising:

• a housing 101 comprising an electrical motor 102 with a first shaft 103 having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the first shaft horizontally extending out of the housing 101 through a pair of lateral faces 101a;
• a support assembly comprising:
• a pair of supporting members 104, each of the supporting members 104 comprising a first arm 104a with a first slot, and a second arm 104b with a second slot, wherein the first arm 104a and the second arm 104b are conjoint at a junction embodying a third slot;
• a first connecting arm 105 comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the first connecting arm 105 engages into the third slot present in each of the pair of supporting members 104;
• a second connecting arm 106 comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the second connecting arm 106 engages into the second slot present in each of the pair of supporting members 104;
• an elongated arm 107 with a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated arm 107 engages to the first connecting arm 105 at the distal end, and is adapted to support and slidably move the housing 101 mounted thereon along its longitudinal axis using a first rotating knob 107a present near the proximal end;
• a second rotating knob 108a mounted on a second shaft 108 connecting the second connecting arm 106 and a bracket 109 engaged to the first connecting arm 105, wherein the second rotating knob 108a helps adjust a tilt angle of the housing 101 attached over the elongated arm 107, and provide stability to the support assembly, when the simulator system 100 is mounted on the wheelchair 200;
• a pair of connecting members 110, each of the connecting members comprising a gripping assembly 110b-110d, and a vertical shaft 110a mounted on the gripping assembly 110b-110d, wherein the vertical shaft 110a of each of the pair of connecting members 110 engages into the first slot present in each of the pair of supporting members 104, and the gripping assembly 110b-110d of each of the pair of connecting members 110 engages to a base frame 202 of the wheelchair 200 for removably mounting the simulator system 100 on the wheelchair 200;
• a pair of pedals 111, each of the pedals 111 connected to the first end and the second end of the first shaft 103 horizontally extending out of the housing 101 through the pair of lateral faces 101a;
• an electric drive unit 120 configured to drive the electrical motor 102, thereby enabling the pair of pedals 111 engaged to the first shaft 103 to rotate in a specified direction;
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• one or more user interface devices 125 to enable the user seated on the wheelchair 200 to at least view one or more parameters associated with the electrical motor 102, and the pair of pedals 111, and change the one or more parameters associated with the electrical motor 102, and the pair of pedals 111.