Patent ID: 6662374
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
In a self-help rehabilitation device comprising an ensemble of complimentary components wherein means are attached to each hand of an individual suffering a localized injury or incapacity relative to one side of his body so as to enable movement of one side of the individual's body to effect movement of an incapacitated limb or joint associated with an incapacitated limb, the improvement comprising:A pair of complimentary wraps wherein each wrap is configured to (a) fit an enabled hand and a disabled hand and (b) adapted for releasable coupling to one another via a complimentary array of â€œhook and loopâ€  material affixed to each wrap, said array of â€œhook and loopâ€  material being affixed to each of the palm and backhand surfaces of each wrap of said complimentary pair so as to permit releasable coupling of a palm of one member of said pair to either a palm or backhand surface of another member of said wrap pair; and wherein said array of â€œhookâ€  and â€œloopâ€  material on each of said palm and backhand surface of each member of said pair of complimentary wraps is the same where one such wrap of said complimentary pair is provided with an exposed array of â€œhookâ€  material and the other wrap of said complimentary pair is provided with an exposed array of â€œloopâ€  material.