Patent ID: 7341025

Claim:
A gait training harness comprising: an adjustable torso-encircling belt to fit a wearer; two adjustable shoulder straps with shoulder handles; and two adjustable leg harnesses, one each for a left leg and a right leg, and each having a leg-encircling loop, wherein the torso-encircling belt comprises: a belt material; an adjustable coupler; and four attachment points spaced along the length of the torso-encircling belt, and wherein the shoulder straps comprise: a left shoulder strap attached at a first end to an attachment point located at the front-left of the torso-encircling belt when worn by the wearer, and the left shoulder strap attached at a second end to a right-rear attachment point, and having an adjustable element at or near the first end of the left shoulder strap; a right shoulder strap attached at a first end to an attachment point located at the front-right of the torso-encircling belt, and attached at a second end to a left-rear attachment point, and having an adjustable element at or near the first end of the right shoulder strap; a crossover point at which the right shoulder strap crosses and is fixedly attached to the left shoulder strap at the back of the wearer below the neck, and a left shoulder handle and a right shoulder handle attached respectively to the left and right shoulder straps, each shoulder handle being offset from the shoulder strap and constrained along a length of the shoulder strap that would be above the shoulder of the wearer when the wearer is in an upright position; and wherein the two leg harnesses each comprise: a front leg strap attached at a proximal end to the front-left or front-right attachment point nearest the left or right leg that is to be harnessed, each front leg strap having an adjustable element at or near the proximal end; a rear leg strap attached at a proximal end to the rear-left or rear-right attachment point nearest the corresponding left or right leg; a leg-encircling loop attached to the distal ends of the front leg strap and the rear leg strap; and wherein the distal end of each front leg strap is affixed to the distal end of the corresponding rear leg strap at a leg strap crossover, and below said leg strap crossover wherein extensions of the distal ends of the front and of the rear leg straps are terminated with complementary portions of a connector, and wherein the leg-encircling loops are formed by laying the extension of the rear leg strap around the leg in one direction and bringing the extension of the front leg strap leg around the leg from an opposite direction and connecting the complementary portions of the connector.