Patent ID: 6217057
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A therapeutic support arrangement for a patient, the therapeutic support arrangement being mobile on a substantially horizontal surface in response to a force applied by an operator, the therapeutic support arrangement comprising:a base member having an underside, a rear side, and a pair of distal lateral sides;a plurality of casters extending downward from the underside of said base member for facilitating multidirectional displacement of said base member along the substantially horizontal surface;a pair of handle support stanchions coupled to and arranged to extend upward from said base member;handle means coupled to said pair ofhandle support stanchions for receiving the force applied by the operator,an orthosis support arrangement for supporting an orthosis device for the patient, said orthosis support arrangement having,a first support frame for supporting the orthosis device for the patient, said first support frame having four sides configured in a substantially rectangular configuration,a second support frame coupled to and supporting said first support frame, said first support frame having four sides configured in a substantially rectangular configuration; andfour support frame stanchions arranged at respective corners of said first and second support frames for supporting same in fixed. substantially parallel relation, said first support frame being disposed spatially superior to said second support frame;first and second slidable support members coupled to said second support frame at respective laterally distal ones of the sides of said second support frame; andfirst and second orthosis support arrangement stanchions coupled to, and arranged to extend upward from, said base member for engaging slidably with respective ones of said first and second slidable support members, and supporting said orthosis support arrangement, said orthosis support arrangement being slidably engaged with, and fixable to, said first and second orthosis support arrangment stanchions, whereby the height and tilt of said orthosis support arrangement with respect to said base member is adjustable.