Patent ID: 7887464

Claim:
A motorized rehabilitative walking device for the physical rehabilitation of an individual's hips, feet, and legs, comprising: a base for disposition on a level floor surface; a pair of spaced-apart side supporting members upwardly extending from the base with each side supporting member having an exterior side and an interior side and supporting the individual therebetween during a rehabilitation session; a pair of adjustable handle bars with one handle bar mounted to each side supporting member and the handle bars capable of selective independent vertical adjustment upon the respective side supporting members; a manually operable control panel mounted to one handle bar for controlling the operation of device; a pair of foot bar support plates disposed adjacent to the respective interior sides of the side supporting members and capable of reciprocable up and down motion for simulating a normal human walking motion; a pair of foot bars with each foot bar secured to each respective foot bar support plate and upon which one foot of the individual is placed, the foot bars moving concomitant with the motion of the foot bar support plates for simulating normal human walking motion and facilitating the walking motion of the individual; a pair of motors with each motor disposed within each respective side supporting member and both motors electrically interconnected to the control panel; a pair of gear and pulley systems with each gear and pulley system disposed within each side supporting member for driving engagement by the motor; and a pair of pistons with each piston disposed within the respective side supporting member for connection to the foot bar support plate and drivingly engaged by the gear and pulley support for reciprocable extension and retraction thereby raising and lowering the foot bar support plate and foot bar in order to simulate normal human walking motion and facilitate the walking motion of the individual for physical rehabilitation of the hips, legs, and feet wherein the gear system comprises a motor and a drive shaft.