WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE WEIGHT TRAINING APPARATUS

摘要

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE WEIGHT TRAINING APPARATUS An exercise equipment for use by people in wheelchairs has a stationary frame within which a user can readily locate their wheelchair, including attachment means for securing the lower body of the user to the chair. A guide frame pivotally secured to the stationary frame is readily adjustable in its angle of inclination, which angle defines the plane of displacement in which weight-lifting exercise is performed by the user. A load bar is secured to the guide frame, for displacement therealong by the user, in carrying out their selected exercise. The load bar is connected by its ends in load transfer relation with two sets of selectively adjustable weights. Use of a load bar in sliding relation with a guide frame diminishes the risk of loss of control of the weights. The equipment may be readily used and adjusted in relation to the angle of lift and the required weight load, by a majority of users, despite significant incapacitation.