Device for suspending the human body in an inverted position

Details Device for suspending the human body in an inverted position Device for suspending the human body in an inverted position

1982-06-07

1985-06-18

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

272144, 272145, A61F 500

Patent

active

045235821

ABSTRACT:
A high-top, form-fitting shoe is disclosed for suspending the human body in an inverted position. The shoe includes a re-enforcing member located in the heel-arch area of the shoe. An inverted U-shaped member, spanning the top portion of the shoe, is pivotally attached to the re-enforcing plate on each side of the shoe adjacent the arch area. The under side of the U-shaped member is spaced apart from the top portion of the shoe to prevent physical contact therewith. A hook member is rigidly attached at the apex of the inverted U-shaped member. The hook is held in front of the leg of the user by a holding means such as a strap. When inverted, the user is suspended from the shoe, the weight of the user being carried from the shoe into the re-enforcing plate, to the inverted U-shaped member and onto the hook. The hook is removably attachable to a horizontal supporting bar. The location of the pivot axis of the inverted U-shaped member upon the re-enforcing plate is selected to insure that the weight of the human body acting upon the hook extends along a line perpendicular to the pivot axis and through the approximate center of gravity of the human body of the user when the user is in the inverted position.

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