Patent ID: 6217484
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
A rehabilitation device comprising: a first vertically movable horizontally elongated stepping platform having a first substantially horizontal surface portion, a lever pivotably mounted about a journal coupled to said first stepping platform at a location spaced from said journal, a weight mass connected to said lever at a location spaced from said journal and from said first stepping platform, a first elongated stable platform adjacent to said first stepping platform having a second substantially horizontal surface portion located substantially parallel to the plane of the first substantially horizontal surface portion of the first stepping platform, said weight mass being chosen to locate said first stepping platform at an elevation relative to said second substantially horizontal surface such that a person may stride with a foot on each of the first stepping platform and the first stable platform while on said device and depress said first substantially horizontal surface downwardly relative to the first stable platform when a force on said first surface exceeds a predetermined amount.