Patent ID: 9439824
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61H,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A device for promoting extension of the sacrospinal muscles of a person resting on a horizontal surface, comprising: a stand having a horizontal cross bar fixed at opposing ends thereof with one each of a front pair of legs and a rear pair of legs, each front leg being pivotally fixed with the cross bar and configurable in a collapsed configuration wherein the front and rear legs are substantially parallel and proximate each other, and in an extended configuration wherein each front leg pivots outwardly to form an angle with one of the rear legs of between 45 and 120-degrees, wherein with the front and rear legs resting on the horizontal surface the cross bar is elevated above the horizontal surface sufficiently high enough to accommodate the person thereunder in a supine position; at least one post projecting away from the cross bar to maintain a horizontal position in the extended configuration; and at least one elastomeric band that, when suspended from the at least one post, is capable of supporting the person around his sacrospinal muscles above the horizontal surface; wherein the front legs are each shorter than the rear legs.