US 11,890,503 B2
Ankle dorsiflexion therapy device
Esther Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Brendan Perkins, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to GRASSROOTS PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed by GRASSROOTS PT EQUIPMENT, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/067,984, filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054887 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 23/08 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 23/035 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 23/08 (2013.01) [A63B 21/00185 (2013.01); A63B 21/154 (2013.01); A63B 21/4011 (2015.10); A63B 21/4034 (2015.10); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 23/03508 (2013.01); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a baseplate;
a footplate connected to the baseplate;
a heel support connected to the footplate;
an instep securing device connected to the heel support or the footplate;
a calf attachment member; and
a first cord movably connected to the baseplate, the first cord terminating at its first end in a handle, and a second end of the first cord is configured to attach to the calf attachment member,
wherein the calf attachment member is configured to be releasably attached to a lower leg of a user, and the calf attachment member is further configured to, in response to an upward pull on the first cord, pull the lower leg of the user forward and rotate the lower leg of the user about an ankle of the user.