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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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.