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US 5,626,544 AGranted
Exercise device for amputees
OwnerMichael A. Forestoinventor
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Abstract
A resistance exercise device is disclosed for an amputee which includes a harness assembly configured to engage the stump portion of an amputated limb. The harness assembly includes a circumferential support strap and a depending retention portion. A mechanism is provided for affording dynamic resistance to the amputee during the performance of an exercise, and fastening members are associated with said circumferential support strap for engaging the resistance mechanism.
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An exercise device for an amputee comprising:
- a) a harness assembly configured to engage the stump of an amputated limb and including a circumferential support strap and a depending retention portion defining a basket-like structure;
- b) resistance means for affording dynamic resistance to the amputee during the performance of an exercise;
- c) engagement means associated with said circumferential support strap for engaging said resistance means;
- d) an elongate bracing strap having opposed ends secured to said circumferential support strap at diametrically opposed locations to define a loop which can extend around the back of an amputee and over a shoulder of the amputee and;
- e) means for adjusting the length of said bracing strap.
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An exercise device for an amputee comprising:
- a) a harness assembly configured to engage the stump of an amputated limb and including a circumferential support strap and at least two depending retention straps each having opposed ends connected to said circumferential support strap to define a basket-like structure;
- b) elastomeric means for affording dynamic resistance to the amputee during the performance of an exercise;
- c) engagement means associated with said circumferential support strap for engaging said elastomeric means;
- d) an elongate bracing strap having opposed ends secured to said circumferential support strap at diametrically opposed locations to define a loop which can extend around the back of the amputee and over a shoulder of the amputee and;
- e) means for adjusting the length of said bracing strap.
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An exercise device for an amputee comprising:
- a) a harness assembly configured to engage the stump of an amputated limb and including a circumferential support strap and at least two depending retention straps each having opposed ends connected to said circumferential support strap to define a basket-like structure;
- b) a selectively variable gravitational mass for affording dynamic resistance to the amputee during the performance of an exercise;
- c) engagement means associated with said circumferential support strap for engaging said gravitational mass;
- d) an elongate bracing strap having opposed ends secured to said circumferential support strap at diametrically opposed locations to define a loop which can extend around the back of an amputee and over a shoulder of the amputee and;
- (e) means for adjusting the length of said bracing strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.