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Parallel bars instrument for walking exercise

Parallel bars instrument for walking exercise description/claims

The present invention relates to a parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise for rehabilitation of the disabled persons who need to have a walking exercise, and more particularly, to a parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise in which rotating plates which are placed at both sides of the parallel bars instrument rotates by 180°, to thereby enable a user to perform a gait training by his or her desired distance without being under restraint to the length of the parallel bars instrument and in safety, with convenience, and in a reciprocating manner, during the walking exercise time.

Presently, there are many auxiliary instruments such as a walking stick and crutch for the physically handicapped persons who are unable to walk for themselves due to various kinds of diseases or accidents and need to have a gait training. But, in order for the disabled persons to use such auxiliary aids or to properly walk, firstly many efforts and ambulatory exercises are needed in the parallel bars instrument. The disabled sufferers from the relatively severe disease perform the ambulatory exercise in the parallel bars instrument.

But the parallel bars instrument for the walking exercise which are used in the conventional hospitals are not sufficiently long in practice, due to the spatial restriction. Thus, the disabled persons make a reciprocating exercise in the parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise which are not sufficiently long. In this case, it is very difficult or nearly impossible for the disabled persons to perform a gait exercise in a reciprocating manner, in the parallel bars instrument, without having the help of an assistant.

Moreover, the severely handicapped persons who need to make a walking exercise in the parallel bars instrument feel or have many difficulties when they rotate in order to return at the ends of the parallel bars instrument. In practice, the disabled persons are apt to fall down or get hurt.

To solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise in which since circular rotating plates are positioned at both sides of the bottom portion of the parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise and handle rods are positioned at both upper portions of the parallel bars instrument, a disabled person catches the handle rods by the hands and stands on the rotating plate, the rotating plate rotates by 180 degrees, with an electric motor rotating at a low speed and then stops, to make the disabled person automatically turn round and safely make a gait training in a reciprocating manner, and to thus solve the conventional problem that the length of the parallel bars instrument is not sufficiently long due to the obstacle of the space.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise, in which when the disabled person makes a walking exercise in the parallel bars instrument, he or she can easily and safely rotate in a reciprocating manner, and can perform a reciprocating gait training alone without the help of an assistant thereby enhancing the confidence and rehabilitation will to the disabled person.

To accomplish the above objects of the present invention, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise comprising: rotating plate insertion portions which are respectively formed on both sides of a bottom portion of the parallel bars instrument in which each rotating plate insertion portion is formed of a circular groove; rotating plates which are respectively installed into the rotating plate insertion portions and rotated; motor insertion portions which are positioned in the respective lower-inner portions of the rotating plate insertion portions wherein respective electric motors are installed in the motor insertion portions, to then support the respective rotating plates from downward; support stands which are respectively fixed on both upper portions of the respective rotating plates and the bottom portion, and rotated together with rotation of the respective rotating plates; vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the support stands, respectively; handle rods combined on the upper portions of the vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the support stands formed on the respective rotating plates; and horizontal rods combined on the upper portions of the vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the respective support stands formed on the bottom portion.

Here, each rotating plate rotates by 180 degrees and then stop.

Here, a concavo-convex portion is formed on top of the bottom portion so that a user does not slide.

Here, a ground floor can be used as the bottom portion.

Here, the bottom portion is made of timber.

Here, each support stand comprises a number of height control latches which latch each vertical rod to control height of each handle rod.

Here, each vertical rod comprises a number of height control holes through the number of height control latches are fitted to control height of each handle rod.

Here, the parallel bars instrument further comprises a controller which controls the electric motors which makes the rotating plates rotate, respectively, in which the electric motors rotate at a low speed.

The electric motor and the controller which make the rotating plate rotate by 180 degrees and stop are available in the market. However, the rotating plate can be designed to rotate manually without using the electric motor. Meanwhile, the driving method of the rotating plate in the present invention can be a little changed according to specification of the electric motor.

The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

• Provisional Patent
• Utility Patent

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