Patent ID: 6077293
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A chiropractic table device comprising a elongated table member, said table member having a slot in its top surface and adapted to receive a patient supine on his back longitudinally on the table upon the top surface, a back treatment apparatus mounted in said slot of said table, said apparatus comprising a pair of ridge members laterally parallel to one another with said ridge members being movable laterally of the length of said table toward and away from one another, spring means urging said ridge members laterally toward one another, said ridge members being adapted to project upward in the slot in the top surface of the table to engage the back of a patient when the patient is lying supine on the table, with said ridge members on opposite sides of the spinal column of the patient, wherein a treatment operator may press down on the chest of the patient and cause the ridge members to slide laterally apart from one another with the ridge members acting to engage the back of the patient when the downward pressure is applied with the lateral sliding parallel sliding apart of the ridge members acting to cooperate with the spine of the patient to remove any misalignment of the spine of the patient or the tissue adiacent to the spine, and with the spring means urging the ridge members back toward one another after the downward pressure.