Patent ID: 6648844
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
An apparatus for decompressing invertebral discs, relieving back pain, and promoting back healing comprising:a pelvic harness having a support belt and a connecting mechanism, the support belt having a back side and a front side, the connecting mechanism being affixed to the back side of the support belt; a pelvic-harness connector having a looped end and a studded end, the looped end being removably connected to the connecting mechanism; a metallic spring having a bottom end and a top end, the top end being secured to the studded end of the pelvic-harness connector; a pressing-unit connector having a connecting end and an adjusting end, the connecting end being secured to the bottom end of the metallic spring, the adjusting end having a beginning-threaded end and a stopping-threaded end, the stopping-threaded end beginning midway along the pressing-unit connector; a foot-pad-pressing unit having a metal sheet and an adjusting means, the metal sheet having a top side, an under side, an upward-facing surface, a downward-facing surface, and at least one centrally located connector receptacle where the adjusting end of the pressing-unit connector is engaged; a rolling mechanism attached to the downward-facing surface of the metal sheet; and wherein the adjusting means includes an upper turn-bolt and a lower turn-bolt, the upper turn-bolt being positioned on the stopping-threaded end of the pressing-unit connector and adjacent to the top side of the metal sheet, the lower turn-bolt being positioned on the beginning-threaded end of the pressing-unit connector and adjacent to the under side of the metal sheet.