Patent ID: 6436126
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
In a chiropractic treatment table having a supporting frame upon which rest multiple independent sections for supporting a patient and providing chiropractic adjustments of the patient's spine, the sections including a head section at one end of the table adjoining a second section that supports the patient's chest and lumbar spine, an improved head section providing head-flexion tilt comprising: a support block pivotally mounted to the supporting frame; a guide member attached to the support block and extending outwardly from the support block; a lock frame assembly combined with the guide member at a distal end of the guide member; a slide bracket assembly moveable generally in a horizontal plane along the guide member between the support block and the lock frame assembly; a patient support cushion combined with the slide bracket assembly and moveable therewith; the lock frame assembly including a rocker arm pivotally moveable about a pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of movement of the slide bracket assembly, the rocker arm extending outwardly from the pivot axis generally transversely to the plane of movement of the slide bracket assembly and moveable about the pivot axis from a predetermined first position at rest to a second position when the head section is tilted; a linkage bar pivotally connected at one end to the rocker arm and pivotally connected at its other end to the slide bracket assembly; a push rod pivotally connected at one end to the supporting frame of the table and pivotally connected at its other end to the rocker arm opposite to the pivot connection of the rocker arm with the linkage bar; and a resilient member connected to the rocker arm and the support block biasing the rocker arm to its first position.