Patent ID: 7285128
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. In a flexion-traction type lumbar traction table including a base which supports a stationary head-thoracic support section and a movable pelvic support section positioned on said base in spaced generally end-to-end relation to and being separate from said head-thoracic support section, the improvement comprising: generally coextensive upper and lower pelvic sections connected together for sliding longitudinal translation therebetween and forming said pelvic support section; a proximal end of said lower pelvic section pivotally connected to a frame of said base for pivotal movement only about a transverse flexion axis between a generally horizontal first position and a downwardly inclined second position of said lower pelvic section; an elongated longitudinally extending axial traction member pivotally connected at one end thereof about a first transverse pivotal axis to said upper pelvic section adjacent to a distal end thereof, another end of said traction member pivotally connected to said frame about a second transverse pivotal axis, said second pivotal axis spaced beneath said flexion axis wherein said upper pelvic section is automatically slidably translated further from said proximal end of said lower pelvic section as said pelvic support section is manually pivoted from the first to the second position.