Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof – Occupant suspended from above for foot travel
Patent
1999-10-06
2000-06-27
Crow, Stephen R.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Occupant suspended from above for foot travel
602 36, A63B 2600, A61H 300
Patent
active
060800879
ABSTRACT:
An exercise assistive device to help a developmentally developed person, such as a child, develop vestibular balance and muscle control, so that the child can learn to perform mobility activities, such as crawling, sitting upright, standing or walking. The device includes a support frame having an upstanding base legs with a connecting frame extending therebetween. A body suit glidable support dolly is mounted upon the frame, and travels longitudinally, traversely and rotationally thereupon. The body suit is suspended from the suit glidable support dolly. Flexible connector straps are provided between the body suit and body suit glidable support dolly and made of a material such as reinforced fabric or canvas. These connector straps are positioned in spaced-apart relation to one another about the body suit glidable support dolly. The body suit is suspended from the seat-support leg by the connector straps that extend between the body suit and fasteners. The fasteners upon the body suit are strategically placed to assist the child assume various postural positions ranging from the upright sitting or standing position, such as at the shoulders, to oblique or horizontal crawling quadruped positions.
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Crow Stephen R.
Walker Alfred M.
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