Passive child therapy tricycle with adjustable seat

Abstract

A passive child therapy tricycle with a specially adjustable chassis, seat and pedals provides a highly adjustable yet efficient motorized tricycle for exercising a child's legs in a rehabilitative setting. The tricycle includes an expandable frame chassis in the shape of a child's tricycle. At the front of the tricycle a direct drive electric motor operates the pedal shaft for turning pedals. The pedals may be adjusted inwardly or outwardly to adjust the pedals' width to that of the child's hips. Adjustable handlebars allow the caregiver to increase the height of the handlebars. A two-piece seat is adjustable in the vertical direction. A curved vertical portion of the back seat provides support of the back. A seat belt through this curved vertical portion helps keep the child in an upright position. A specially contoured lower horizontal seat has a central crown with a back and sides that are tapered downwardly and outwardly. The front of the seat is tapered downwardly. The special shape of this foam lower seat keeps the child's leg apart yet supported and further ensures that the child will not slip down in the adjustable seat. Vertical adjustments for the lower seat portion allow further personalizing of the tricycle. The tricycle may be disassembled into three separate units for easy transportation or storage.

1 . A motorized, adjustable exercise tricycle, comprising: 
 (a) a lower front section including a motor connected to a pedal shaft and pedals connected to said shaft;    (b) an upper vertically adjustable handlebar section adjustably and removably attached to said lower front section;    (c) a rear seat section, horizontally adjustably connected to said front lower section, having a vertically adjustable vertical curved back seat section and a lower horizontal seat section that is vertically adjustable.    
   
   
       2 . A motorized, adjustable exercise tricycle as in  claim 1 , wherein said pedal shaft is adjustable such that the distance between the pedals may be shortened or lengthened.  
   
   
       3 . A motorized, adjustable exercise tricycle as in  claim 1 , wherein said lower horizontal seat has an upper central crown and left and right sides and a front and back that are tapered downwardly and outwardly.  
   
   
       4 . A motorized, adjustable exercise tricycle as in  claim 1 , wherein said lower front section and said rear section are connected by a separating pin and wherein said handlebar section is removable from said lower front section.