Patent ID: 7472441
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A chiropractic table that will simultaneously tilt the table as it is lowered from an elevated position and also return the table to a horizontal position as it is elevated, said table comprising: a base frame providing a foot end and a head end for the table; an upper frame assembly having a foot end and a head end and having a sub-frame and a patient support frame pivotally connected to the sub-frame at the foot end; a linkage bar assembly combined with the base frame and having a movable linkage bar; a first driver arm having an upper end and a lower end with the upper end pivotally connected to the sub-frame near the foot end and the lower end pivotally connected to the base frame; a second driver arm having an upper end and a lower end with the upper end pivotally connected to the sub-frame near the head end and the lower end pivotally connected to base frame; the first and second driver arms being substantially parallel to each other with the linkage bar in the linkage assembly being pivotally connected to the driver arms beneath their lower end pivot connections with the base frame; a first power driven mechanism adapted to move the linkage bar forward and backward and thereby swing the driver arms to elevate and lower the sub-frame and the patient support frame; a second power driven mechanism pivotally connected between the sub-frame and the patient support frame to tilt the patient support frame from a substantially horizontal position to a more vertical position; and controls to synchronize the tilting of the patient support frame with the elevating and lowering of the sub-frame.