Patent ID: 7837605
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A61H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ankle-clamping device for an inversion table, comprising: a clamp holder; a drive mechanism including a motor mounted on said clamp holder, and a worm shaft rotated by said motor; and a clamping roller unit including a worm gear connected rotatably to said clamp holder and meshing with said worm shaft, a lever having one end connected to and rotatable along with said worm gear, a pair of fixed clamping rollers fixed to said clamp holder, and a pair of movable clamping rollers fixed to said lever, said movable clamping rollers being movable toward said fixed clamping rollers to cooperatively clamp therebetween the user's ankles, or away from said fixed clamping rollers to permit release of the user's ankles from therebetween.