Portable positioning and mobility device for developmentally challenged individuals
OwnerJeanine Michelinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portable positioning and mobility device for developmentally and/or physically challenged individuals comprising an enclosed treatment compartment adapted to permit a caregiver to provide therapeutic treatment to infants and young children therein without danger of unintended displacement of the patient; frame means surrounding the treatment compartment and supporting same, adapted to optionally provide rolling motion of the device in substantially any direction in a horizontal plane, and a pad covering at least the base of the treatment compartment, the pad having on at least one surface thereof a plurality of highly colorful, high-contrast, infant-stimulating designs.
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A portable positioning and mobility device for providing physical and/or occupational therapy to developmentally or physically challenged individuals, said device comprising:
- compartment means configured and adapted for facilitating therapeutic treatment of a patient located therein, said patient selected from the group consisting of infants and young children, said compartment means comprising a base portion and two pairs of oppositely disposed wall means extending upwardly from said base portion, said wall means substantially surrounding the base portion along an outer peripheral portion thereof;
- frame means for supporting said compartment means, said frame means comprised of at least two separate elements which, when connected together, form a shape corresponding to that of the exterior of said compartment means, in surrounding relation to said compartment means and secured thereto by connecting means for joining said frame means and said compartment means, said frame means further comprising a plurality of caster means adapted to permit said device to be rolled in substantially any direction in a horizontal plane;
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- means attached to said compartment means and securable over or around said patient for substantially preventing said patient from slipping or sliding within said compartment means during treatment.
A portable positioning and mobility device for providing physical and/or occupational therapy to developmentally or physically challenged individuals, said device comprising:
- compartment means configured and adapted for facilitating therapeutic treatment of a patient located therein, said patient selected from the group consisting of infants and young children, said compartment means comprising a base portion and two pairs of oppositely disposed wall means extending upwardly from said base portion, said wall means substantially surrounding the base portion along an outer peripheral portion thereof;
- frame means for supporting said compartment means, said frame means comprised of at least two separate elements which, when connected together, form a shape corresponding to that of the exterior to Said compartment means and secured thereto by connecting means for joining said frame means and said compartment means, said frame means further comprising a plurality of caster means adapted to permit said device to be rolled in substantially any direction in a horizontal plane;
- pad means for cushioning at least the base portion of said compartment means, said pad means having first and second opposed sides and, on at least one side thereof, a plurality of infant-stimulating designs;
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- means attached to said compartment means and securable over or around said patient for substantially preventing said patient from slipping or sliding within said compartment means during treatment.
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