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US 4,229,001 AGranted
Therapeutic exercise device
OwnerMichael P. Romaninventor
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Abstract
A patient's lower leg and foot are received by a "boot" which is movable to guide and control the performance of various exercising functions. The sole of the boot is pivoted relative to the leg-receiving portions for soleus pumping exercises, and the entire boot is supported for vertical and horizontal pivoting movement on a longitudinally guided carriage which permits both longitudinal and transverse horizontal boot movement for knee bending and hip exercises.
Claims20
Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
- elongated guide means,
- a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means,
- a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient's foot, said sole member being movable relative to said leg receiving member about a substantially horizontal pivot axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
- elongated guide means,
- a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means,
- a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient's foot, pivot means which enables the boot assembly to swing horizontally about a substantially vertical axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
- elongated guide means,
- a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means,
- a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient's foot, pivot means which enables the boot assembly to tilt about a substantially horizontal axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.