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Balance re-trainer

  • US 7,086,996 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2001
  • Issued: 08/08/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A balance training apparatus comprisinga base;

  • two vertical supporting rods, each connected at a lower end to said base by a joint having two degrees of freedom;

    a brace for supporting the pelvis of a user standing between the two vertical supporting rods, the brace being connected to an upper end of each of the vertical supporting rods by a joint having one degree of freedom allowing mutual movement between the brace and the vertical rods in a plane of the two vertical rods,means for biasing comprising a lower elastic part on at least one of the vertical rods and connecting a semi-rigid upper part of one of said rods to said base for biasing the user towards an upright position when deviating therefrom in a frontal plane as well as in a sagittal plane of the user, said lower elastic part constituting the joint between the base and the lower end of said one of said rods; and

    an adjustment device for adjusting the stiffness of the lower elastic part.

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