Patent ID: 7182351

Claim:
A crawling aid for partially disabled infants wherein such infants have reduced use of some of their limbs, said crawling aid comprising a platform for receiving the body of the infant, said platform including a head end and a rear end, wheel means for supporting said platform, said platform having a width sufficient to receive the body of an infant thereon, and at least one reduced width portion of said platform for allowing the arms of the infant to extend down and engage the floor, the arrangement being such that the infant can execute a crawling action with said arms of the infant while its body is supported on said platform, said platform including a head end and a rear end, said head end of said platform having such a width that the infant's shoulders can be received on said head end, and the arms of the infant can extend down on each side of said head end, said platform comprising a substantially rigid base and a cushion received on said base, so that the infant lies on said cushion, said cushion defining a depression therein for constraining the infant within said depression, said wheel means including at least one caster, said cushion being shaped the same as said base with the exception that said cushion is shorter at said rear end than said base, so that the feet of the infant will extend down from said cushion towards said base and be between said cushion and the rear end of said base, said wheel means further including a pair of fixed-direction wheels generally at one end of said base, with said caster at the opposite end of said base, said caster being substantially at said head end of said platform, and said fixed-direction wheels being substantially at said rear end of said platform, the length of said head end of said platform being of a length to receive the infant's head thereon, and having a width such that the infant can see on each side of said head end, and further including a strap encircling said crawling aid and the infant thereon for securing the infant to said crawling aid, and including a removable cover for said cushion on said platform.