Exercise devices – Support for entire body of user – Suspension device
Patent
1997-06-16
2000-02-29
Donnelly, Jerome
Exercise devices
Support for entire body of user
Suspension device
482145, A63B 2600
Patent
active
060303255
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a traction table for treatment of, among other things, back problems, and which includes a stand supporting a body-supporting table and a footrest which together revolve around a mainly horizontal axis in order to turn the body-supporting table from standard position in which the footrest is lowered to treatment position in which the footrest is above the horizontal axis. The device, however, is usable for treatment positions in which the footrest is above or below the horizontal axis.
The object of the present invention is to provide a traction table which presents more advantages in relation to the device known from SE-C-455 468.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object is achieved with a traction table in which the body-supporting table is supported by a frame which is pivotally connected with the stand of the table and which includes a front stand portion and a rear stand portion. One of the stand portions is adjustable for height whereby the front stand portion can be made shorter or longer than the rear stand portion.
The traction table according to the invention is also characterized in that the locking device known from SE-C-455 468 for gradual adjustment of the body-supporting table into a variety of angles of inclination combined with the stand portions which are adjustable for height can be adjusted, causing the body-supporting table to slope in different angles of inclination in relation to the ground (floor) in addition to the angles of inclination given by the steps in the locking device.
Further details and features of the traction table according to the invention will become evident from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings,
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 shows the same perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1 shows a device according to the invention which includes a stand consisting of a front stand portion 1 and a rear stand portion 2 which are tubular and connected to each other by means of a mounting plate 3 at each leg of the stand portions 1, 2. The mounting plates 3 are mounted at some distance from the free end sections of the front stand portion 1 whereas the respective free end sections of the rear stand portion 2 are pivotally mounted in the mounting plates 3. In the middle of the legs of the two portions 1, 2, restriction wires or chains 4 are attached which connect the stand portions 1, 2 to each other and prevent them from separating more than allowed by the restriction members. In that way, in side view the stand mainly is formed as an A. Each stand portion 1, 2 shows a connecting transverse foot section 11 which is telescoping within the stand and adjustable by means of pins or screws which are placed into apertures within each leg of the stand.
Pivotally mounted onto the mounting plate 3 is a mainly rectangular frame 5 which on one short side includes a bracket 6 for a bar 7 supporting a footrest 8. On this footrest 8 a fixed rear foot support 9 as well as a front adjustable fixing member 10 are arranged by means of which members the feet of a person to be treated can be fastened to the foot plate 8 The bar 7 supporting the footrest 8 should be provided with a number of adjustment-apertures by means of which the bar can be adjusted into different positions in relation to the bracket 6 by means of a pin which can be passed through the apertures in the bar so that the footrest 8 can be adjusted into different positions for adjustment to the body length of the person to be treated.
The frame 5 is pivoted at the mounting plates 3 and supports in turn a body-supporting table 13 which supports the main part of the body of the person under treatment. In order to limit the revolving of the frame 5 as well as the body-supporting table 13 around each point
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Lindskog Jan
Mahlkvist, deceased Ingemar
Ottoson Bo
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