Therapeutic exercise device
First Claim
1. Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,elongated guide means,a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means,a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient'"'"'s foot, said sole member being movable relative to said leg receiving member about a substantially horizontal pivot axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
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Abstract
A patient'"'"'s lower leg and foot are received by a "boot" which is movable to guide and control the performance of various exercising functions. The sole of the boot is pivoted relative to the leg-receiving portions for soleus pumping exercises, and the entire boot is supported for vertical and horizontal pivoting movement on a longitudinally guided carriage which permits both longitudinal and transverse horizontal boot movement for knee bending and hip exercises.
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20 Claims
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1. Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
elongated guide means, a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means, a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient'"'"'s foot, said sole member being movable relative to said leg receiving member about a substantially horizontal pivot axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
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19. Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
elongated guide means, a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means, a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient'"'"'s foot, pivot means which enables the boot assembly to swing horizontally about a substantially vertical axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
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20. Therapeutic exercising apparatus comprising,
elongated guide means, a carriage assembly engaged with and guided by said elongated guide means, a boot assembly supported on said carriage assembly, said boot assembly including a leg receiving member for engaging the lower leg of a patient and a sole member for engaging the sole of a patient'"'"'s foot, pivot means which enables the boot assembly to tilt about a substantially horizontal axis, said boot assembly being movable in a substantially horizontal linear path and in a substantially horizontal arcuate path.
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