Patent ID: 6244991
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A47D,A61H

Abstract:
A method used to help developmentally delayed persons exercise specific muscle groups and gain strength necessary to sit, to crawl, and to walk, comprising the steps of:providing an exercise and walker device that supports a person in a body suit and permitting movements of the person over a three dimensional area with up and down adjustments;said body suit holding the person in upright, oblique and horizontal positions, to assist the person in quadruped, crawling positions;placing the person alternately in weight bearing and non-weight bearing positions to strengthen arm development and to facilitate vestibular development for better balance, thus preventing the person to easily tip over and injure itself;permitting the body suit to adjustably counteract gravity in such a manner as to assist the person in attaining sitting, standing and crawling postures;positioning the person to develop a protective arm response to prevent the person from falling, and to maintain upright balance.