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Lower extremity rehabilitation and toning exercise apparatus and method

  • US 5,851,166 A
  • Filed: 07/31/1995
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lower extremity exercise apparatus adapted for facilitating movement of the feet and lower legs of a seated person comprising:

  • (a) a base,(b) at least one foot contact and support means having a length sufficient to make contact with at least the major portions of the sole of a human foot,(c) said foot contact and support means being pivotally journaled with respect to the base upon a pivot means associated with said base for relative pivotal movement between the base and the foot contact and support means and having a heel position and ball of the foot position,(d) the pivot point of said pivot means being disposed longitudinally of the foot contact and support means approximately from three-sixteenths of the distance from the rear of the heel position to nine-sixteenths of the distance from the rear of the heel position on the foot contact and support means, and(e) the pivot point of the foot contact and support means being disposed with respect to said contact and support means and base such that the angle of the foot contact and support means, when pivoted downwardly toward the base upon one end, will provide an angle of the foot contact and support means such that a seated person may comfortably rest their feet upon the upper surface of the foot contact and support means from an adjacent seated position and can move or rock the far end of the foot contact and support means downwardly with the forward portion of their foot by downward pressure from said forward portion of their foot and(f) wherein the pivot point is comprised of a combination of a substantially semi-cylindrical pivot opening in one of the base and the foot contact and support means and a semi-cylindrical pivotable support member secured to the other of the base and the foot contact and support means by an extension which pivotable support member is accommodated in the pivot opening.

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