Kit for rehabilitation apparatus
OwnerRobert Fair, Matt Fairinventors
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Abstract
A kit for assisting a disabled person in rehabilitation is disclosed herein. The kit includes a frame. The kit also includes at least one loop mounted on the frame. The loop defines a first opening. The kit also includes a flexible elongate member extending between first and second opposite ends. The flexible elongate member is selectively receivable in the at least one loop. The kit also includes first and second attachment members. The first and second attachment members can be connected at one of the first and second opposite ends of the flexible elongate member or at some point between the first and second opposite ends. Each of the first and second attachment members is operable to form an opening of variable size to receive and releasably tighten around a limb of the disabled person.
Claims17
A kit for assisting a disabled person in rehabilitation comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one loop mounted on said frame;
- a flexible elongate member extending between first and second opposite ends and selectively receivable in said at least one loop;
- first and second attachment members respectively connected one of at and between said first and second opposite ends of said flexible elongate member, wherein said first and second attachment members are operable to form an opening to receive and releasably tighten around first and second limbs of the disabled person;
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- an energy storage structure releasably engageable with said first attachment member to interconnect said first attachment member with said frame, wherein movement of said second attachment member induces movement of said first attachment member through said flexible elongate member and stores energy in said energy storage structure.
A method comprising the steps of:
- affixing a first end of a first elongate member to a first limb;
- extending the first elongate member about at least one pulley;
- affixing a second end of the first elongate member to a second limb;
- affixing a first end of a second elongate member to the first limb;
- extending the second elongate member about the at least one pulley;
- affixing a second end of the second elongate member to a third limb;
- and
- moving the first limb to move second and third limbs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.