Patent ID: 9149125
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A47C,A61H

Abstract:
1. An adjustable support apparatus for a user, comprising: a cover; a plurality of raised members each extending from at least a portion of the cover, each raised member having a distal end, the distal ends defining a portion of a user-facing surface, wherein the spacing between adjacent raised members decreases along a length of the raised members where they extend from the cover towards the distal ends of the raised members that define the user-facing surface; an adjustment mechanism at least partially enclosed by the cover; and wherein the adjustment mechanism is structured to be urged toward or away from the user so as to urge the user-facing surface and plurality of raised members toward or away from the user, respectively, so as to increase or decrease, respectively, the spacing between the distal ends of the raised members to thereby increase or decrease, respectively, the force exerted by the raised members against the user so as to impart a stretching or lengthening effect or contraction effect, respectively, on the vertebral column and intervertebral discs of the user.