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| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A multipurpose rehabilitation table |
| (57) A multipurpose rehabilitation table comprising a table body, a support bracket disposed
on the table body, a pulling/lifting frame, an auxiliary table board, a support frame,
and an electrically driven step pedal assembly disposed in the table body. The auxiliary
table board is supported by the support frame and assembled with the table body in
front thereof. The support frame is assembled with the table body on two sides thereof
and a chair of a wheel chair of the patient can be fixed on the support frame. The
pulling/lifting frame can be manually operated by the patient or used in cooperation
with the electrically driven pedal assembly to up and down exercise the patient's
arms. Various kinds of rehabilitation implements are compatibly mounted on the support
bracket and the auxiliary table board to conveniently provide multiple rehabilitation
effects for the patient and ensure the safety in the rehabilitation exercise. |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] At present, many kinds of rehabilitation implements for a stroke patient are commercially available and are used independently, such as step pedals for the patient to exercise his/her stepping movement, finger trainer for the patient's fingers to climb up and down, a chest-expander for the patient to stretch and close his/her arms and expand his/her chest, etc. Such various rehabilitation implements are mostly independently fixed on a rehabilitation seat and are chosen according to the requirements of the users. In case the patient needs many kinds of rehabilitation implements for achieving a multiple rehabilitation purposes, these incompatible implements must be respectively purchased and utilized. Therefore, the expense for these implements will be considerably high and the room for storing these implements will be quite large. Moreover, it is inconvenient for the user to use these implements individually.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a multipurpose rehabilitation table on which multiple rehabilitation implements such as throwing exerciser, finger trainer, drawing exerciser, etc. can be compatibly mounted to enable the patient to perform various kinds of rehabilitation exercises. In addition, the rehabilitation table includes an extending auxiliary table board supported by a support frame, whereby the patient' hands can conveniently move a weight box on the auxiliary table board forward, backward, leftward and rightward to achieve an exercising effect. Moreover, a chair or a wheel chair of the patient can be alternatively supported and fixed on the support frame for insuring the safety in using the rehabilitation implements. The rehabilitation table further includes a pulling/lifting frame and a step pedal assembly which can be electrically driven or operated by the patient to exercise the hands and feet of the patient. Therefore, the rehabilitation table of the present invention includes multiple rehabilitation implements and is compatible with many other rehabilitation implements so that various kinds of rehabilitation effect can be simultaneously achieved. Moreover, the rehabilitation table is used in a safe and convenient condition.
[0005] The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawing, wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006]
Fig. 1 is a perspective assembled view of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing that the manually operated crank assembly and the electrically driven step padal assembly are connected by a pulley and belt assembly;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showing the mounting of a chair on the support frame of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a perspective exploded view of the support frame and the auxiliary table board;
Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing that a throwing exerciser and a finger trainer are mounted on the rehabilitation table of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is an enlarged view showing the mounting of the finger trainer on the support bracket of the present invention;
Fig. 8 shows that a drawing exerciser is placed on the auxiliary table board for the patient to operate; and
Fig. 9 shows that a wrist trainer is placed on the auxiliary table board for the patient to operate.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0007] Please refer to Figs. 1 and 2 showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which includes a table body 1 composed of two lateral boards 11, a top board 10 and a bottom board, a support bracket 2 disposed on the top board 10 of the table body 1, a pulling/lifting frame 3, an auxiliary table board 4, a support frame 5, an electrically driven step pedal assembly 6 disposed in the table body 1, and a manually operated crank assembly 7. The table body 1 is a hollow body with a front open side. Two first fitting tubes 15 are inserted into two holes 110 formed on a bottom portion of the lateral boards 11 of the table body 1 and partially extend out of a front end portion of the lateral boards 11. ( The fitting tubes 15 can be alternatively directly fixed on a lateral side of the bottom portion of the lateral boards 11. ) Two second fitting tubes 16 with adjusting screws 161 are disposed under two sides of a front end of the top board 10 of the table body 1. A hanging hook assembly 13 is disposed on a lateral board 11 for hanging not used rehabilitation implements thereon. The top board 10 of the table body 1 is formed with a large rectangular hole 101 and a small rectangualr hole 102. A hollow rectangular column 17 extends downward from the large rectangular hole 101 and is formed with several horizontal openings 171. A bottom end of the rectangular column 17 is welded on a horizontal block 18 which is fixed on the bottom board of the table body 1. Four third fitting tubes 103 are disposed on the top board 10 of the table body 1 for fitting the support bracket 2 thereinto. The electrically driven step pedal assembly 6 is disposed on the block 18 as shown in Fig. 2, wherein the step pedal assembly 6 includes a shaft rod 61, two pedals 62 connected at two ends of the shaft rod 61, a first bevel gear 63 disposed on a middle portion of the shaft rod 61, and a second bevel gear 65 meshing with the first bevel gear 63 and driven by a motor 64. When the motor 64 is activated, the first and second bevel gears 63, 65 are driven to make the two pedals 62 swivel about the shaft rod 61 so as to exercise the feet of a patient. In addition, a first pulley 66 is disposed on the shaft rod 61 and a second pulley 74 is disposed on the crank assembly 7. The first and second pulleys 66, 74 are connected by a belt 67 passing through the small rectangular hole 102 of the top board 10 of the table body 1, whereby the crank assembly 7 and the pedal assembly 6 can be simultaneously driven by the motor 64 to exercise both the hands and feet of the patient.
[0008] As shown in Fig. 1, the support bracket 2 is fitted into the third fitting tubes 103 of the top board 10 of the table body 1. The support bracket 2 is height-adjustably locked by adjusting screws 104. The support bracket 2 is substantially U-shaped, including lateral vertical tubes 21 and top horizontal tubes 22. Several circular hanging rings 210 are disposed on a front face of two front vertical tubes 21 of the support bracket 2 near an upper and a lower ends thererof. A hook member 220 is disposed at a rear end of each top horizontal tube 22. Various kinds of rehabilitation implements can be mounted on the support bracket 2 and the pulling/lifting frame 3 is fitted into the horizontal tubes 22 of the support bracket 2.
[0009] Please refer to Figs. 1 and 3. The pulling/lifting frame 3 includes two cantilevers 31 fitted into the top horizontal tubes 22 of the support bracket 2 and locked by adjusting screws 311. A third pulley 32 is disposed at a free end of each cantilever 31 and a pull cable 33 is wound on the third pulley 32. Two fastening hooks 332 are disposed at two ends of the pull cable 33. A handle 331 is secured to one of the fastening hooks 332 and the other fastening hook 332 is secured to a fastening ring 621 of each pedal 62, whereby when the pedals 62 are driven by the motor 64 or operated by the patient, the patient can grip the handles 331 and pull the same up and down to achieve double rehabilitation effect. In addition, a resilient pull cable 34 is wound on a fourth pulley 35 disposed at the free end of each cantilever 31. One end of the resilient pull cable 34 is secured to the hook member 220 of the top horizontal tube 22 of the support bracket 2 and the other end of the resilient pull cable 34 is connected with a handle 341, whereby the patient himself/herself can grip the handle 341 and pull the same up and down to exercise his/her arms.
[0010] As shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, the auxiliary table board 4 has a width equal to that of the top board 10 of the table body 1. Two insert tubes 41 are disposed under a bottom surface of the auxiliary table board 4 on two sides thereof corresponding to the second fitting tubes 16 of the table body 1 ( as shown in Fig. 5 ). Each insert tube 41 has an insert section 42 protruding outside the auxiliary table board 4 to be fitted into the second fitting tube 16 and locked by adjusting screw 161 so that the auxiliary table board 4 is located in front of the top board 10 of the table body 1 as shown in Fig. 1. Referring to Fig. 5, the support frame 5 includes two sets of substantially L-shaped first and second support tubes 51, 52 which are fitted with each other at one end. The first support tube 51 is disposed with an adjusting screw 511 and the second support tube 52 is formed with several holes, whereby the second support tube 52 is extendably locked in the first support tube 51 by the adjusting screw 511 to support the auxiliary table board 4. The first support tube 51 is fitted into the first fitting tube 15 of the table body 1 and is extendably locked therein by adjusting screw 151. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, when the auxiliary table board 4 is disassembled from the table body 1, the second support tube 52 can be replaced by a shorter one and locked by adjusting screw 511 for fixing a chair of the patient thereon. Alternatively, the second support tube 52 can be retracted into the first support tube 51 for fixing a wheel chair of the patient thereon so as to ensure the safety of the patient in operating the rehabilitation implements.
[0011] By means of the above arrangements, the electrically driven pedal assembly 6 and the pulling/lifting frame 3 of the present invention enable the patient to exercise his/her feet and arms. In addition, many kinds of rehabilitation implements can be compatibly used with the rehabilitation table of the present invention as follows:
1. As shown in Fig. 2, the manually operated crank assembly 7 includes a shaft rod 71 and two handles 72 connected at two ends of the shaft rod 71. The shaft rod 71 is pivotally connected on a fixing column 73 and is able to freely rotate. The fixing column 73 is inserted through the large rectangular hole 101 of the top board 10 of the table body 1 into the hollow rectangular column 17. The fixing column 73 is formed with several openings 731 corresponding to the openings 171 of the hollow rectangular column 17, whereby the fixing column 73 is extendably locked in the hollow rectangular column 17 by an insert pin 732 to support the crank assembly 7. The patient himself/herself can rotate the crank assembly 7 without external driving force. However, for some seriously ill patients which cannot rotate the crank assembly 7 without external assistant force, as shown in Fig. 2, the belt 67 can be conducted through the small rectangular hole 102 of the top board 10 to connect the pulley 66 of the pedal assembly 6 and the pulley 74 of the crank assembly 7, whereby after the motor 64 is activated, both the pedals 62 and the crank assembly 7 are driven to facilitate the rehabilitation exercise of the patient.
2. As shown in Fig. 6, a throwing exerciser 80 including a basket 801 and a hanging hook 802 can be placed on the table body 1 with the hanging hook 802 hung on the hanging ring 210 of the support bracket 2. The patient can bow to pick up a cloth bag and alternately stand up and crouch to pitch the cloth bag into the basket 801 so as to exercise his/her waist, chine, leg joints and wrists.
3. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, a finger trainer 85 including a column of vertically arranged and spaced hook-like step sections 851 and two fastening hooks 852 is disposed on the lateral tube 21 of the support bracket 2. The fastening hooks 852 are hung on the hanging rings 210 of the support bracket 2 so that the patient can place his/her fingers on the step sections 851 and climb up and down thereon to exercise the fingers and lift the arms for achieving rehabilitation effect.
4. As shown in Fig. 8, a drawing exerciser 90 including a rectangular board 902 with casters 901 and movable tying belt 903 is placed on the table body 1. The tying belt 903 can tie the patient's hand on the rectangular board 902 so that the patient can move his/her hand with the drawing exerciser 90 through a circular path to exercise the wrist joint.
5. As shown in Fig. 9, a wrist trainer 95 including a box body 950 with a movable shaft rod 951 and a partition 952 is placed on the table body 1. The patient can put his/her hands on the movable shaft rod 951 to exercise the wrist joints. On the other hand, a weight can be placed in the partition 952 so that the patient can move the box body 950 back and forth to exercise the arm joints.
[0012] It is to be understood that the above description and drawings are only used for illustrating one embodiment of the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Any variation and derivation from the above description and drawings should be included in the scope of the present invention.
the table body is a hollow box with a front open side, two first fitting tubes being inserted into two holes formed on a bottom portion of the lateral boards of the table body and partially extend out of a front end portion of the lateral boards, or the fitting tubes being alternatively directly fixed on a lateral side of the bottom portion of the lateral boards, two second fitting tubes with adjusting screws being disposed under two sides of a front end of the top board of the table body, the top board of the table body being formed with a large rectangular hole and a small rectangualr hole, a hollow rectangular column extending downward from the large rectangular hole and being formed with several horizontal openings, a bottom end of the rectangular column being welded on a horizontal block which is fixed on the bottom board of the table body, four third fitting tubes being disposed on the top board of the table body for fitting the support bracket thereinto;
the electrically driven step pedal assembly is disposed on the block, the step pedal assembly including a shaft rod, two pedals connected at two ends of the shaft rod, a first bevel gear disposed on a middle portion of the shaft rod, and a second bevel gear meshing with the first bevel gear and driven by a motor, whereby when the motor is activated, the first and second bevel gears are driven to make the two pedals swivel about the shaft rod, a first pulley being disposed on the shaft rod and a second pulley being disposed on the crank assembly, the first and second pulleys being connected by a belt passing through the small rectangular hole of the top board of the table body, whereby the crank assembly and the pedal assembly can be simultaneously driven by the motor to exercise both the hands and feet of the patient;
the support bracket is fitted into the third fitting tubes of the top board of the table body, the support bracket being height-adjustably locked by adjusting screws, the support bracket being substantially U-shaped, including lateral vertical tubes and top horizontal tubes, several circular hanging rings being disposed on a front face of two front vertical tubes of the support bracket near an upper and a lower ends thererof, a hook member being disposed at a rear end of each top horizontal tube, whereby the pulling/lifting frame is fitted into the horizontal tubes of the support bracket;
the pulling/lifting frame includes two cantilevers fitted into the top horizontal tubes of the support bracket and locked by adjusting screws, a third pulley being disposed at a free end of each cantilever and a pull cable being wound on the third pulley, two fastening hooks being disposed at two ends of the pull cable, a handle being secured to one of the fastening hooks and the other fastening hook being secured to a fastening ring of each pedal, whereby when the pedals are driven by the motor or operated by the patient, the patient can grip the handles and pull the same up and down to achieve double rehabilitation effect, a resilient pull cable being wound on a fourth pulley disposed at the free end of each cantilever, one end of the resilient pull cable being secured to the hook member of the top horizontal tube of the support bracket and the other end of the resilient pull cable being connected with a handle, whereby the patient himself/herself can grip the handle and pull the same up and down to exercise his/her arms;
the auxiliary table board has a width equal to that of the top board of the table body, two insert tubes being disposed under a bottom surface of the auxiliary table board on two sides thereof corresponding to the second fitting tubes of the table body, each insert tube having an insert section protruding outside the auxiliary table board to be fitted into the second fitting tube and locked by adjusting screw, the support frame including two sets of substantially L-shaped first and second support tubes which are extendably fitted with each other at one end, the first support tube being fitted into the first fitting tube of the table body and is extendably locked therein.