Patent ID: 6733470
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A traction force applying apparatus for use with a traction table, said traction table having a set of front legs and a set of hind legs, said apparatus comprising, a self-supporting frame having:a first support bar, said first support bar having a top end and a bottom end, said first support bar having a longitudinal axis that is aligned vertically; a second support bar having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected to said top end of said first support bar, said second support bar having a longitudinal axis that is aligned horizontally; a base for supporting the frame including, a third support bar having a first end, and a second end said first end of said third support bar being connected to said bottom end of said first support bar, said third support bar having a longitudinal axis that is aligned horizontally; a brace mounted between said first support bar and said second support bar; a first set of plurality of hooks being fixedly attached to a first side of one of said first support bar and said second support bar; a one-way tensioning cleat being fixedly connected to said first support bar; a rope having a first end and a second end, said first end of said rope being selectively connectable to one of said plurality of hooks in said first set, said rope extending through said cleat to place a desired tension on said rope between said cleat and said first end of said rope; and a positioning bar with guide slots connected to said second end of said third support bar for receiving and positioning the apparatus with the legs of the traction table so that the traction table is positioned in one of a plurality of positions with respect to the apparatus, wherein in one of the positions the set of front legs are in contact with the apparatus and the set of hind legs are spaced from the apparatus, and in another one of the positions the set of hind legs are in contact with the apparatus and the set of front legs are spaced from the apparatus.