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US 6,206,807 B1Granted
Ankle exercise device
AssigneeAnklcisor, Inc.
InventorsJerry W. Cowans, Douglas B. Van Atta, Philip M. Amato
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Abstract
An ankle exercise device having a lower leg section receiving a calf portion of a lower leg of a user and a foot section receiving a foot of the user. The lower leg section is rotatably connected near the heel end of the foot section. A rigid control rod has one end connectable to the foot section and an opposite end held by the user. Thus, as the user successively pushes and pulls the control rod, the foot section is pivoted with respect to the lower leg section, thereby exercising the ankle-foot complex.
Claims14
An ankle-foot complex exercise device comprising:
- a lower leg section having an upper end and a lower end and adapted to receive a portion of a lower leg of a user;
- a foot section having a heel end and a toe end and adapted to receive a foot of the user, the foot section being pivotally connected to the lower end of the lower leg section, the toe end of the foot section having a connector;
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- a rigid, manually-operable control rod having one end releasably engagable with the foot section and an opposite end adapted to be held by the user, the one end of the manually-operable control rod having
- an upward directed surface contacting a downward directed surface of the connector to facilitate pulling the foot section in an upward pivoting motion with respect to the lower leg section, and
- a downward directed surface contacting an upward directed surface of the connector to facilitate pushing the foot section in a downward pivoting motion with respect to the lower leg section, the manually-operable control rod pivoting the foot section in opposite directions with respect to the lower leg section as the manually-operable control rod is pushed and pulled by the user, thereby exercising the ankle-foot complex.
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