Patent ID: 8187156

Claim:
In combination with a wheelchair, comprising: a frame, the frame having a front, a back and opposite sides supporting a seat and a backrest, a gym having a support bar, a vertical post, rigid leg supports and resilient-biased foot rests independently detachably secured to the wheelchair to enable a patient using the wheelchair with the gym to perform at least one exercise repeatedly and at patient selected times during the day for strengthening at least one major muscle of the patient in order to supplement and enhance whatever physical therapy the patient is receiving, thereby substantially decreasing the patient's recovery time, the gym having the single support bar releasably connected at seat level to the frame of the wheelchair wherein the wheelchair is rigidly supported in an open position, the support bar having an adapter formed at approximately a midpoint thereof, the vertical post connected to the support bar by the adapter, the vertical post extending upwardly from the support bar in front of the seat, a pair of hand grips for exercising the patient's arms attached to the vertical post, the rigid leg supports for exercising the patient's legs attached to the opposite ends of the support bar and extending outwardly from the support bar, the resiliently biased foot rests being movably connected to each of the leg supports wherein the foot rests may be moved up and down conjointly and may be moved up and down opposite to one another, further wherein the leg supports for exercising the patient's legs may be swung to and fro and may be moved laterally in a splayed manner followed by an inward movement.