Patent ID: 7422550

Claim:
A gait trainer apparatus comprising: (a) a moveable frame adapted to move along the ground, said frame additionally comprises support wheels; (b) a first motion responsive wheel adapted to contact the ground and positioned so as to turn in response to the forward movement of said frame along the ground, and a second motion responsive wheel disposed above said first motion responsive wheel and connected to said first motion responsive wheel so as to turn in response to the turning of said first motion responsive wheel, said first motion responsive wheel is connected to said second motion responsive wheel by a belt, said second motion responsive wheel comprising an offset motion portion, said offset motion portion having a right side and left side, said offset motion portion comprising a pair of diametrically opposed cranks; (c) a left foot attachment, said left foot attachment connected directly to said left side of said offset motion portion by a left connection member comprising an elastic member; and (d) a right foot attachment, said right foot attachment connected directly to said right side of said offset motion portion by a right connection member comprising an elastic member, said elastic member each of a length and connected such that, as said second motion responsive wheel turns, and said frame is moved along the ground by a wearer wearing said left and right foot attachments on his or her respective left and right feet, each of the left and right connection members are stretched, as said wearer walks along said ground, the distance between said left and right foot is repetitively increased and decreased in respective alternating fashion, so as to exert a direct spring force urging in alternating fashion said left foot and right foot forward and toward said offset motion portion.