Patent ID: 8326432

Claim:
In combination: a Functional Electrical Stimulator Foot Drop Device including a gait sensor, a portable wireless controller, a battery recharger, a flexible functional stimulation leg cuff adapted to be wrapped around a person's leg having inner and outer sides with at least one flexible, disc-shaped electrode positioned at the inner side thereof, and a flexible plastic sheet for placement over the electrode when the device is not being used by the person, comprising: a storage and support device for said Functional Electrical Stimulator Foot Drop Device comprising a base portion; an upstanding hollow tubular member having an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface and an inner surface; said lower end of said tubular member being fixed to said base portion; a cap selectively removably mounted on said upper end of said tubular member; said tubular member having a height and diameter sufficient to permit the gait sensor, portable wireless controller or battery recharger to be stored therein; the diameter of said tubular member being sized so that the flexible functional leg stimulation cuff may be wrapped around said tubular member and supported thereon when not worn by the person and so that the outer surface of said tubular member is complimentary to the shape of the electrode to maintain the flexible plastic sheet in intimate contact with the electrode.