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AssigneeN.V. Verenigde Instrumentenfabrieken Enraf-Nonius
InventorsAugust-Eden Zeijdel, Rudolf B. Teunissen
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Apparatus for supporting the body of a person in an upright position to relieve the load of the person's legs, in particular for therapeutic walking exercises, including a seat ring suspended by a cable from a trolley movable on an overhead track. The seat ring has in its rear section an inwardly projecting body support member shaped to engage below the tuber ischii of the person's body and said seat ring having a front section provided with an adjustable pressure pad projecting inwardly from the seat ring front section in opposite relation to the support member, which adjustable pressure pad can be pressed against the symphysis of the pubic bones of the body resting on the body support of the seat ring.
Apparatus for supporting the body of a person in an upright position to relieve the load on the person's legs, in particular for therapeutic walking exercises, including means for receiving and supporting the lower part of the person's body and a suspension assembly for movably supporting said body receiving means, said body receiving means comprising a rigid seat ring member adapted to receive and freely surround the pelvis of the body with ample room for lateral play, said seat ring member having a rear section and a front section, said rear section being provided with an inwardly projecting body support member shaped to engage below the tuber ischii of the body, a pressure pad member adjustably mounted on said seat ring front section and projecting inwardly therefrom in opposite relation to said body support member, and means for adjusting the spacing between said body support member and said pressure pad member to allow said pressure pad member to be pressed against the symphysis of the pubic bones of the person's body resting on said body support member.
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