1990-08-13
1991-12-24
Apley, Richard J.
Undertaking
272 96, 272144, 128 25R, 128 25B, 128 84R, A63B 2304, A63B 2300, A63B 300
Patent
active
050745492
ABSTRACT:
A knee exercise device for use by a patient adapted to receive the patient's lower thigh for placement upon a horizozntal cross piece to permit flexing of the lower leg up and down while the patient is lying horizontal with his or her upper portion of his or her leg up. The invention is comprised of two rectangular planar frames that are positioned on opposite sides of the patient's body with a horizontal cross piece attaching the long side of each rectangular frame at a point above the patient's body. It is over this cross piece that the patient places his or her leg. The patient grasps the vertical members of the rectangular frame to pull the frame, and thus the cross piece, towards his or her head in order to press the cross piece against the leg at the proper point when performing the knee exercises. In an alternate embodiment, an adjustable vertical member is added between existing vertical members for positioning along the upper and lower sides of the rectangular frame to be held by the user for the most comfortable and efficient use.
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New Foot and Leg Frames, Max Wacher & Son Co., Dec. 1931.
Apley Richard J.
Horowitz Karen G.
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