Patent ID: 7530959

Claim:
A device for the stimulation of locomotor apparatus muscles, said device comprising: a solid footboard which is oscillated about a central axis of oscillation having a transversal extension with respect to the footboard and dividing the footboard into a first arm (A) and a second arm (B), a drive means which connects only to the first arm (A) and includes a C-shaped member that is shifted alternatively upwards and downwards by an idle wheel inserted inside the C-shaped-member, said C-shaped member being provided with an upper and a lower tab, said idle wheel is secured eccentrically to an end of a drive shaft that rotates about a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the axis of oscillation of the footboard, wherein the drive shaft operates to move the centre of the idle wheel along a circumference in a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, and said C-shaped member includes an open side that faces the centre of footboard and is secured under the first arm (A) of said footboard.