U.S. patent application number 15/678145 was filed with the patent office on 2019-02-21 for rehabilitation machine.
The applicant listed for this patent is Yun-Hsiu Yeh. Invention is credited to Yun-Hsiu Yeh.
Application Number | 20190054335 15/678145 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 65360169 |
Filed Date | 2019-02-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20190054335 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yeh; Yun-Hsiu |
February 21, 2019 |
REHABILITATION MACHINE
Abstract
A dual-purpose rehabilitation machine includes a base, a fixed
rod unit, a mobile device, several fastener belts and a driving
unit installed behind the fixed rod unit so as to shorten a
distance between a user and the fixed rod unit such that when a
piston unit of the driving unit is moved to a second position, the
user is lifted upward from a bed or chair to abut against the fixed
rod unit. The fastener belts are mounted on the mobile device,
thereby eliminating the employment of a belt-fixing rod and
avoiding collision of a user's head against the belt-fixing rod,
which in turn, economizes the storage space and the manufacturing
expense. The fastener belts are distributed on several parts of the
patient to assist in stable standing up of the patient and
preventing wobbling of lower parts of the patient when standing
up.
Inventors: |
Yeh; Yun-Hsiu; (HSINCHU
CITY, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Yeh; Yun-Hsiu |
HSINCHU CITY |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
65360169 |
Appl. No.: |
15/678145 |
Filed: |
August 16, 2017 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 21/0083 20130101;
A63B 21/4035 20151001; A63B 21/4003 20151001; A63B 21/4031
20151001; A63B 21/4007 20151001; A63B 71/0009 20130101; A63B 21/068
20130101; A63B 21/005 20130101; A63B 21/00181 20130101; A63B
21/0087 20130101; A63B 2022/0094 20130101; A61G 5/14 20130101; A63B
21/159 20130101; A63B 23/0405 20130101; A63B 21/4009 20151001; A63B
21/4047 20151001; A63B 2071/0018 20130101; A63B 21/4011
20151001 |
International
Class: |
A63B 21/008 20060101
A63B021/008; A63B 21/005 20060101 A63B021/005; A63B 21/00 20060101
A63B021/00 |
Claims
1. A rehabilitation machine, comprising: a base; a plurality of
casters mounted on a bottom side of said base; a fixed rod unit
installed on an upper side of said base; a footrest member disposed
on said base and located in front of said fixed rod unit; a mobile
device including an upright post installed on said base so as to be
located at one side of said fixed rod unit, a slide seat mounted
slidably on said fixed rod unit, a first pivot rod having a lower
end connected pivotally to said upright post and an upper end and a
second pivot rod having an upper end connected pivotally to said
slide seat and a lower end connected pivotally to said upper end of
said first pivot rod; a plurality of fastener belts mounted on said
mobile device for fastening several parts of a user securely; and a
driving unit including a cylinder body installed on said fixed rod
unit so as to be located opposite side of said upright post and a
piston unit disposed movably within said cylinder body and further
connected pivotally to said slide seat such that upon activation
said slide seat is movable between a first position and a second
position; wherein, movement of said piston unit into said cylinder
body results in downward movement of said slide seat along said
fixed rod unit to said first position, thereby driving said first
and second pivot rods away from said fixed rod unit; wherein,
movement of said piston rod outwardly from said cylinder body
results in upward movement of said slide seat along said fixed rod
unit to said second position, thereby driving said first and second
pivot rods toward and abutting said first and second pivot rods
against said fixed rod unit.
2. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 1, wherein said
base includes a straight rod, a first U-shaped frame having a first
connecting part connected to one end of said straight rod and two
extension parts extending from two opposite ends of said first
connection part, and a second U-shaped frame having a second
connecting part connected to the other end of said straight rod and
two extension parts extending from two opposite ends of said second
connection part, wherein said plurality of casters are mounted
rotatably to bottom sides of free ends of said extension parts of
said first and second U-shaped frames while said fixed rod unit is
mounted uprightly on an upper side of said first connecting part of
said first U-shaped frame with said footrest member mounted below
said straight rod adjacent to said first connecting part and
transversely extending across said upright post of said mobile
device.
3. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 2, wherein said
first U-shaped frame has a width measured transversely of said
straight rod ranging 65-85 cm and said second U-shaped frame has a
width measured transversely of said straight rod ranging 25-45
cm.
4. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 2, wherein said
fixed rod unit 30 has a rear side cooperating with a free end of
said extension part of said first U-shaped frame defining a first
length equal to 25-35% of total length of said base and further
cooperating with a free end of said extension part of said second
U-shaped frame a second length equal to 65-75% of total length of
said base.
5. The foldable chair according to claim 2, wherein said footrest
member includes a connection section extending downwardly from a
bottom side of said straight rod and a footrest section having a
front end connected to said connection section such that said
footrest section extends transversely from both sides of said
straight rod and that said footrest section defines a vertical
height relative to a support ground smaller than a diameter of each
caster.
6. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 1, further
comprising a first protection cushion fixed to said upright post, a
second protection cushion fixed to said first pivot rod and a third
protection cushion fixed to said second pivot rod.
7. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 6, further
comprising a plurality of shackles mounted respectively on said
first, second and third protection cushions and said fastener
belts, thereby defining a leg fastener belt body with said shackles
on said first protection cushion for securing the legs of a user, a
waist-buttock fastener belt body with said shackles on said second
protection cushion for securing the waist and buttock of the user
and an armpit fastener body with said shackle on said third
protection cushion for securing an armpit of the user.
8. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 6, further
comprising a pair of handgrips mounted on two opposite sides of
said third protection cushion to facilitate griping by hands of the
user.
9. The rehabilitation machine according to claim 6, further
comprising a pair of handles fixed to two opposite side of said
fixed rod unit adjacent to said second protection cushion.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
[0001] The present invention relates generally to a rehabilitation
machine, and more particularly a dual-purpose rehabilitation
machine for assisting sitting, standing and rehabilitating a person
suffering from a lower limb disorder and/or exercising a person
with lower limb neurological damage or weakness.
2. The Prior Arts
[0002] A person suffering from lower nervous system injury and/or
lower limb muscle weakness cannot stand up or walk independently.
Therefore, most of the patients must undergo physical and/or
rehabilitation exercises or requires extra equipments for moving
about. A conventional walking assistant generally includes a
foundation seat, a plurality of casters mounted to a bottom side of
the foundation seat, a fixed rod unit mounted on an upper side of
the foundation seat, a footrest disposed below the foundation seat,
a mobile device mounted movably on the fixed rod unit, a driving
unit having a driving body mounted on the fixed rod unit and a
piston unit movably disposed in the driving body and connected to a
mobile device, and a protection cushion disposed on the driving
unit, a belt-fixing rod disposed on the top end of the mobile
device, a belt body and a plurality of fastener belts.
[0003] In the conventional walking assistant, the driving unit is
installed in front of the fixed rod unit, which means the driving
unit is located between the patient and the fixed rod unit, thereby
spacing the patient far away from the fixed rod unit. In addition,
the protection cushion is located too close to the patient such
that the patient may abut against the protection cushion even when
the piston unit has extended to the maximum extension, thereby
preventing the patient to stand up fully.
[0004] Moreover, the patient is secured to the conventional walking
assistant only through the belt body, which straddles around the
armpit of the patient and the belt body is located close to the
head of the patient, which may cause collision of the patient's
head against the belt-fixing rod, which in turn, causing
inclination of the belt-fixing rod relative to the driving body and
hence occupying a relatively large room.
[0005] Note that in the conventional walking assistant, the belt
body only straddles around the armpit of the patient, and leaving
the lower limb as well as the legs of the patent wobbling relative
to the remaining parts of the walking assistant.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a
dual-purpose rehabilitation machine, in which, a driving unit is
installed behind a fixed rod unit so as to shorten a spaced-apart
distance between the fixed rod unit and a user such that when a
piston unit of the driving unit is moved to a second position, the
user of the rehabilitation machine can stand up fully from a
patient's bed and/or a wheeled chair so as to be nearby the fixed
rod unit and a mobile device.
[0007] A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide
a dual-purpose rehabilitation machine, in which, a plurality of
fastener belts are mounted on a mobile device, thereby eliminating
the employment of a belt-fixing rod and avoiding the problem of
collision of a user's head against the belt-fixing rod, which in
turn, economizes the storage space and the manufacturing
expense.
[0008] Still another objective of the present invention is to
provide a dual-purpose rehabilitation machine, in which, a
plurality of fastener belts are mounted and distributed on several
parts of the patient, like the patient's legs, buttocks, waist and
armpit so as to assist in stable standing up of the patient and
preventing wobbling of lower parts of the patient when doing the
physical exercises.
[0009] A dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the present
invention includes a base; a plurality of casters; a fixed rod
unit; a footrest member; a mobile device; a plurality of fastener
belts; and a driving unit.
[0010] The casters are mounted on a bottom side of the base.
[0011] The fixed rod unit is installed on an upper side of the
base.
[0012] The footrest member is disposed on the base and is located
in front of the fixed rod unit.
[0013] The mobile device includes an upright post installed on the
base so as to be located at one side of the fixed rod unit, a slide
seat mounted slidably on the fixed rod unit, a first pivot rod
having a lower end connected pivotally to the upright post and an
upper end and a second pivot rod having an upper end connected
pivotally to the slide seat and a lower end connected pivotally to
the upper end of the first pivot rod.
[0014] The fastener belts are mounted on the mobile device for
fastening several parts of a user securely.
[0015] The driving unit includes a cylinder body installed on the
fixed rod unit so as to be located opposite side of the upright
post and a piston unit disposed movably within the cylinder body
and further connected pivotally to the slide seat such that upon
activation the slide seat is movable between a first position and a
second position.
[0016] Movement of the piston unit into the cylinder body results
in downward movement of the slide seat along the fixed rod unit to
the first position, thereby driving the first and second pivot rods
away from the fixed rod unit.
[0017] Movement of the piston rod outwardly from the cylinder body
results in upward movement of the slide seat along the fixed rod
unit to the second position, thereby driving the first and second
pivot rods toward and abuts the first and second pivot rods against
the fixed rod unit.
[0018] Preferably, the base includes a straight rod, a first
U-shaped frame having a first connecting part connected to one end
of the straight rod and two extension parts extending from two
opposite ends of the first connection part, and a second U-shaped
frame having a second connecting part connected to the other end of
the straight rod and two extension parts extending from two
opposite ends of the second connection part, wherein the plurality
of casters are mounted rotatably to bottom sides of free ends of
the extension parts of the first and second U-shaped frames while
the fixed rod unit is mounted uprightly on an upper side of the
first connecting part of the first U-shaped frame with the footrest
plate mounted below the straight rod adjacent to the first
connecting part and transversely extending across the upright post
of the mobile device.
[0019] Preferably, the first U-shaped frame has a width measured
transversely of the straight rod ranging 65-85 cm and the second
U-shaped frame has a width measured transversely of the straight
rod ranging 25-45 cm.
[0020] Preferably, the fixed rod unit has a rear side cooperating
with a free end of the extension part of the first U-shaped frame
defining a first length equal to 25-35% of total length of the base
and further cooperating with a free end of the extension part of
the second U-shaped frame a second length equal to 65-75% of total
length of the base.
[0021] In one embodiment of the present invention, the footrest
member includes a connection section extending downwardly from a
bottom side of the straight rod and a footrest section having a
front end connected to the connection section such that the
footrest section extends transversely from both sides of the
straight rod and that the footrest section defines a vertical
height relative to a support ground smaller than a diameter of each
caster.
[0022] Preferably, the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention further includes a first protection cushion fixed
to the upright post, a second protection cushion fixed to the first
pivot rod and a third protection cushion fixed to the second pivot
rod.
[0023] The dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the present
invention further includes a plurality of shackles mounted
respectively on the first, second and third protection cushions and
the fastener belts, thereby defining a leg fastener belt body with
the shackles on the first protection cushion for securing the legs
of a user, a waist-buttock fastener belt body with the shackles on
the second protection cushion for securing the waist and buttock of
the user and an armpit fastener body with the shackle on the third
protection cushion for securing an armpit of the user.
[0024] Preferably, the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention further includes a pair of handgrips mounted on
two opposite sides of the third protection cushion to facilitate
griping by hands of the user for standing up.
[0025] Preferably, the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention further includes a pair of handles fixed to two
opposite side of the fixed rod unit adjacent to the second
protection cushion.
[0026] One distinct feature of the present invention resides in
that because the driving unit is installed behind the fixed rod
unit, thereby shortening the distance between the patient and the
fixed rod unit such that movement of the piston rod outwardly from
the cylinder body results in upward movement of the slide seat
along the fixed rod unit to the second position, thereby pulling
the patient upward to a standing position so as to be nearby the
fixed rod unit and the mobile device. Because the fastener belts
are installed on the movable device, thereby eliminating the
employment of a belt-fixing rod and avoiding the problem of
collision of the patient's head against the belt-fixing rod, which
in turn, economizes the storage space and the manufacturing
expense. Moreover, since the fastener belts are distributed on
several parts of the patient's body, like the patient's legs,
buttock, waist and armpit so as to assist in stable standing up of
the patient and preventing wobbling of lower parts of the patient
when doing the physical exercises.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in
the art by reading the following detailed description of a
preferred embodiment thereof, with reference to the attached
drawings, in which:
[0028] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dual-purpose
rehabilitation machine of the present invention;
[0029] FIG. 2 is a lateral side view of the dual-purpose
rehabilitation machine of the present invention;
[0030] FIG. 3A shows the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention, where a patient sitting on a bed uses the
machine for doing exercises;
[0031] FIG. 3B shows the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention, where a patient stands up on the machine for
doing exercises;
[0032] FIG. 4A shows the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention, where a patient sitting on a wheeled chair uses
the machine for doing exercises;
[0033] FIG. 4B shows the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the
present invention, where a patient stands up from a wheeled chair
uses the machine for doing exercises; and
[0034] FIG. 5 illustrates how a healthcare provider moves a patient
by the dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the present invention
from one place to another place.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0035] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further
understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and
constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate
embodiments of the invention and, together with the description,
serve to explain the principles of the invention.
[0036] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein FIG. 1 is a perspective
view of a dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the present
invention; and FIG. 2 is a lateral side view of the dual-purpose
rehabilitation machine of the present invention. As shown, a
dual-purpose rehabilitation machine according to the present
invention includes a base 10; a plurality of casters 20; a fixed
rod unit 30; a footrest member 40; a mobile device 50; a first
protection cushion 61; a second protection cushion 62; a third
protection cushion 63; a plurality of shackles 71-74; a plurality
of fastener belts; a driving unit 90; a pair of handgrips 100 and a
pair of handles 200.
[0037] The base 10 includes a straight rod 11, a first U-shaped
frame 12 and a second U-shaped frame 13. The first U-shaped frame
12 has a first connecting part 121 connected to one end of the
straight rod 11 and two extension parts 122 extending from two
opposite ends of the first connection part 121. The second U-shaped
frame 13 has a second connecting part 131 connected to the other
end of the straight rod 11 and two extension parts 132 extending
from two opposite ends of the second connection part 131, wherein
the fixed rod unit 30 is mounted uprightly on an upper side of the
first connecting part 121 of the first U-shaped frame 12.
Preferably, the first U-shaped frame 12 has a width measured
transversely of the straight rod 11 ranging 65-85 cm and the second
U-shaped frame 13 has a width measured transversely of the straight
rod 11 ranging 25-45 cm. To be more specific, the widths of the
first and second U-shaped frames 12, 13 are so dimensioned to fit
for passing through the openings of doors, more particularly, the
second U-shaped frame 13 is fit to be drawn below a patient's bed
(B) or a wheeled chair (W), as best shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A. The
first U-shaped frame 12 may have a maximum width of 68 cm; the
second U-shaped frame 13 may have a maximum with of 30 cm while a
total length of the base 10 is 105 cm.
[0038] The casters 20 are mounted rotatably on a bottom side of the
base 10. To be more specific, the plurality of casters 20 are
mounted rotatably to the bottom sides of free ends of the extension
parts 122, 132 of the first and second U-shaped frames 12, 13.
[0039] The fixed rod unit 30 is installed on an upper side of the
base 10. To be more specific, the fixed rod unit 30 is mounted
vertically on the upper side of the first connecting part 121 of
the first U-shaped frame 12. Preferably, the fixed rod unit 30 has
a rear side cooperating with a free end of the extension part 122
of the first U-shaped frame 12 defining a first length equal to
25-35% of total length of the base 10 and further cooperating with
a free end of the extension part 132 of the second U-shaped frame
13 a second length equal to 65-75% of total length of the base 10.
To be more specific, the base 10 has the maximum of 105 cm.
Therefore, the rear side of the fixed rod unit 30 and the free end
of the extension part 122 of the first U-shaped frame 12 define the
first length D1 of 26.25-36.75 cm while the rear side of the fixed
rod unit 30 the free end of the extension part 132 of the second
U-shaped frame 13 define the second length D2 of 68.25-78.75 cm. In
other words, the second length D2 of 68.25-78.75 cm of the base 10
is the distance for moving below the patient's bed (B) or the
wheeled chair (W) so as to permit the leg of the patient nearby the
fixed rod unit 30, as best shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A. It is noted
that the first distance D1 of 30 cm and the second distance D2 of
75 cm provide the best moving function of the base 10.
[0040] The footrest member 40 is disposed on the base 10 and is
located in front of the fixed rod unit 30. To be more specific, the
footrest member 40 is mounted below the straight rod 11 adjacent to
the first connecting part 121 and transversely extends across the
straight rod 11. Preferably, the footrest member 40 includes a
connection section 41 extending downwardly from a bottom side of
the straight rod 11 and a footrest section 42 having a front end
connected to the connection section 41 such that the footrest
section 42 extends transversely from both sides of the straight rod
11 and that the footrest section 42 defines a vertical height D3
relative to a support ground smaller than a diameter of each caster
20. In other words, the footrest section 42 has a length of 35 cm
to permit standing of every person and is spaced apart from the
support ground by 7 cm.
[0041] The mobile device 50 includes an upright post 51 installed
on the base 10 so as to be located at one side of (in front of) the
fixed rod unit 30, a slide seat 52 mounted slidably on the fixed
rod unit 30, a first pivot rod 53 having a lower end connected
pivotally to the upright post 51 and an upper end and a second
pivot rod 54 having an upper end connected pivotally to the slide
seat 51 and a lower end connected pivotally to the upper end of the
first pivot rod 53. To be more specific, the upright post 51 is
mounted on and extends in parallel manner with the fixed rod unit
30.
[0042] The first protection cushion 61 is fixed on the front side
of the upright post 51 and is rectangular with a length of 35 cm
and a width of 15 cm. The second protection cushion 62 is fixed to
the first pivot rod 53 and is rectangular with a length of 35 cm
and a width of 20 while a third protection cushion 63 is fixed to
the second pivot rod 54 and is rectangular with a length of 35 cm
and a width of 20. To be more specific, once a patient sitting in a
wheeled chair is nearby the rehabilitation machine of the present
invention, the first, second and third protection cushions 61, 62
and 63 are respectively correspond to the calf, the upper leg and
the chest of the patient.
[0043] The rehabilitation machine of the present invention further
includes a plurality of shackles 71-74 mounted respectively on the
first, second and third protection cushions 61, 62, 63. To be more
specific, two shackles 71 are fixed on two opposite sides of the
first protection cushion 61, two shackles 72 are fixed on two
opposite sides of the second protection cushion 62 and one shackle
73 is fixed a lower part of the second protection cushion 62, and
two shackles 74 are fixed on two opposite sides of the third
protection cushion 63.
[0044] The fastener belts are mounted on the mobile device 50 for
securing several parts of a patient body relative to the
rehabilitation machine of the present invention. To be more
specific, a first fastener belt 81 is mounted on the first
protection cushion 61 via the shackles 71, thereby defining a leg
fastener belt body for securing the calf of lower leg of the
patient (see FIG. 3A). A second fastener belt 82 is mounted on the
second protection cushion 62 via the shackles 72, thereby defining
a waist-buttock fastener belt body for securing the waist and
buttock of the patient while a third fastener belt 83 is mounted on
the third protection cushion 63 via the shackles 74, thereby
defining an armpit fastener belt body for securing an armpit of the
patient, as best shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A. In this embodiment, the
first fastener belt 81 may be an independent one so long as it can
secure the leg. The second fastener belt 82 may consist of a
waist-fastening belt portion 821 and a buttock-lifting belt portion
822. A plurality of connection straps 84 are used to interconnect
the second and third fastener belts 82, 83 such that after assembly
of the first, second and third fastener belts 81, 82, 83 relative
to the first, second and third protection cushions 61, 82, 63, the
second and third fastener belts 82, 83 can withstand the entire
weight of a patient, a detailed description of which will be given
in the following paragraphs.
[0045] The driving unit 90 includes a cylinder body 91 installed on
the fixed rod unit 30 so as to be located opposite side of the
upright post 51 and a piston unit 92 disposed movably within the
cylinder body 91 and further connected pivotally to the slide seat
52 such that upon activation the slide seat 52 is movable between a
first position and a second position. Preferably, the cylinder body
91 can be hydraulic, pneumatic or electrically driven cylinder.
[0046] The handgrips 100 are mounted on two opposite sides of the
third protection cushion 63 to facilitate griping by hands of the
patient.
[0047] The handles 200 are fixed to two opposite side of the fixed
rod unit 30 adjacent to the second protection cushion 62.
Preferably, the handles 200 are spaced apart from the support
ground by 105-115 cm to facilitate gripping of a health care
provider or a nurse for moving the rehabilitation machine of the
present invention from one place to the other. It is noted that 110
cm is the ideal distance from the support ground.
[0048] The application of the rehabilitation machine of the present
invention is given in the following paragraphs.
[0049] Referring to FIG. 3A, for a bed-ridden patient, who is
unable to stand up by himself due to too weak and if he wishes to
stand up, the driving unit 90 is activated first of all such that
movement of the piston unit 92 into the cylinder body 92 results in
downward movement of the slide seat 52 along the fixed rod unit 30
to a first position, thereby driving the first and second pivot
rods 53, 54 away from the fixed rod unit 30. At this time, the base
10 of the rehabilitation machine is moved manually below the
patient bed B to a position, where the second U-shaped frame 13
will be located below the patient bed B, where the patient's foot
can step on the footrest section 41 of the footrest member 40 while
the knees abut against the first protection cushion 61 after
stepping into the leg fastener belt body. After which, the
waist-buttock fastener belt body 82 and the armpit fastener body 83
are manipulated by assistants in such a manner to go around the
waist, the buttock and the armpit of the patient meanwhile letting
the hands to grip the handgrips 100 on the third protection cushion
63.
[0050] Referring to FIG. 3B, the driving unit 90 is activated again
such that movement of the piston rod 92 outwardly from the cylinder
body 92 results in upward movement of the slide seat 52 along the
fixed rod unit 30 to a second position, thereby driving the first
and second pivot rods 53, 54 toward the fixed rod unit 30, which
action, results in pulling the patient toward the fixed rod unit 30
such that the knees abut against the first protection cushion 61,
the stomach abuts against the second protection cushion 62 while
the chest of the patient abuts against the third protection cushion
63. In other words, the patient is said to be in a standing
position, by the assistance of the rehabilitation machine of the
present invention.
[0051] Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B, wherein FIG. 4A shows the
dual-purpose rehabilitation machine of the present invention, where
a patient sitting on a wheeled chair uses the machine for doing
physical exercises; and FIG. 4B shows the dual-purpose
rehabilitation machine of the present invention, where a patient
stands up from a wheeled chair uses the machine for doing physical
exercises. Since the operation of the rehabilitation machine of the
present invention for standing up and sitting back into the wheeled
chair is the same as described in the abovementioned paragraphs,
the detailed description thereof is omitted herein for the sake of
brevity.
[0052] In the rehabilitation machine of the present invention,
because the driving unit 90 is installed behind the fixed rod unit
30, thereby shortening a distance between the patient and the fixed
rod unit 30 such that movement of the piston unit 92 outwardly from
the cylinder body 91 so as to dispose the sliding seat 52 to the
second position results in pulling the patient directly from the
bed (B) or the wheeled chair (W) toward and/or abuts against the
fixed rod unit 30, thereby enhancing the stability of the
patient.
[0053] Moreover since the fastener belts 81, 82, 83 are mounted on
the mobile device 50, thereby eliminating the employment of a
belt-fixing rod and avoiding the problem of collision of a
patient's head against the belt-fixing rod, which in turn,
economizes the storage space and the manufacturing expense.
[0054] In addition, since the plurality of fastener belts are
mounted and distributed on several parts of the patient, like the
patient's legs, buttocks, waist and armpit so as to assist in
stable standing up of the patient and prevent wobbling of lower
parts of the patient when doing the physical exercises or during
the standing posture.
[0055] In the event that the patient wishes to lay down on the bed
(B) or sit back into the wheeled chair (W), the patient only needs
to activate the driving unit 90, where movement of the piston unit
92 into the cylinder body 92 results in downward movement of the
slide seat 52 along the fixed rod unit 30 to the first position,
thereby driving the first and second pivot rods 53, 54 away from
the fixed rod unit 30, which in turn, lower the leg, waist-buttock
and armpit fastener belt bodies gradually and slowly toward the
patient's bed (B) or the wheeled chair (W). The patient can lie
down on the bed (B) or sit back in the wheeled chair (W) after
removing the fastener belt bodies 81-83.
[0056] In the event of moving the patient from one place to the
other, the patient is first of all let to stand on the
rehabilitation machine of the present invention as previously
described manner, as best shown in FIG. 5. Then, the rehabilitation
machine can be pushed by the family member or the health assistant
to the destination. At this time, the rehabilitation machine serves
as transportation means by virtue of the casters 20.
[0057] Although the present invention has been described with
reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is apparent to
those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and
changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present
invention, which is intended to be defined by the appended
claims.
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