Patent ID: 7163492

Claim:
A physical therapy walking exercise apparatus comprising: a) a base frame; b) a gear motor drive, having a drive sheave, mounted on said base frame; c) a driven flywheel, including a V-belt sheave and an axle, mounted on the base frame; d) a V-belt mounted on the gear motor drive sheave extends to and around the driven flywheel such that the flywheel is rotated by the gear motor drive; e) two drive beams, each hinged at one end to a drive beam linkage arm and concentrically attached at the other end to the axle of the flywheel; f) a toe hinged boot binding and boot movably attached to each of the drive beams; g) a handle bar attached to each of the drive beam linkage arms; h) a separate knee stabilizer attachment pad is attached to a knee stabilizer reciprocating guide rod that is movably coupled to each of the drive beam linkage arms; i) a control panel mounted on an upright pillar located between the handle bars; j) a back rest mounted on a first vertically height adjustable pillar; k) a patient lift device that includes a lift bar, a winch and a horizontal beam attached to a second vertically height adjustable pillar that is secured at a rear portion of the base frame wherein the horizontal beam is pivotally movable in a horizontal plane; l) a plurality of electrical leads extending from a monitor panel of the control panel wherein the leads can be attached to electrodes on a patient to stimulate the patient's thigh muscles; and m) a light beam emitter located on the first vertically height adjustable pillar and a light beam receiver located on the upright pillar wherein the emitter and the receiver provides a safety feature by allowing the apparatus to be operational only when a light beam from the emitter to the receiver is blocked by a patient.