Patent ID: 8905958
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for applying and maintaining traction on a spine of a user, comprising: a collar member configured to rest on at least a portion of a collar or shoulders of said user; an adjustable columnar support member configured to provide said traction on said spine of said user; and a head brace member, said head member being mated to said adjustable columnar support member via a channel thereof receiving at least a portion of a protrusion of said adjustable columnar support member, said receiving being such that said head brace member can perform rotation relative to said collar member around a first axis, yet not move substantially in a direction longitudinal along said axis; wherein an adjustable amount of traction may be applied to said spine of said user by setting a prescribed distance of said head brace member from said collar member via adjustment of said adjustable columnar support member.