Patent ID: 7546809

Claim:
A safety assembly for an inversion table having a mounting bracket with two top ends and a table connected pivotally to the mounting bracket with two pivot posts, and the safety assembly comprising: a mounting jacket being hollow, being adapted to connect securely to one of the top ends of the mounting bracket and having an inner end being adapted to align with a corresponding pivot post of the table; an outer end; an internal surface; a chamber; a mounting panel being connected securely to the inner end of the mounting jacket and having a mounting hole being formed through the mounting panel and communicating with the chamber of the mounting jacket, being adapted to connect to the corresponding pivot post of the table; an opening being formed radially through the mounting jacket in the inner end, and communicating with the mounting hole in the mounting panel; and an engaging sheet being formed in the chamber of the mounting jacket with an angle to the opening and having a proximal end being formed securely to the internal surface of the mounting jacket; and a distal end; an operating head being attached rotatably to the mounting jacket and having an inner end; an outer end; a connecting tube being mounted in the inner end of the operating head, being mounted with the mounting jacket in the outer end and having a front end extending into the chamber of the mounting jacket from the outer end; a rear end; an extension covering being curved, being formed axially on the front end of the connecting tube and extending into the opening of the mounting jacket over the engaging sheet; and an engaging recess being formed in the front end of the connecting tube below the extension covering, being aligned with the engaging sheet and selectively engaging with the engaging sheet; and a rotating plate being mounted in the outer end of the operating head, connected to the rear end of the connecting tube, abutting against the outer end of the mounting jacket and having a center; an internal surface; and an attaching pipe being formed on the center of the rotating plate on the internal surface, being aligned with the distal end of the engaging sheet and having an attaching hole; and a fastening element being connected to the operating head in the mounting jacket and having a fastener extending through the through hole in the engaging sheet, being connected to the attaching hole in the attaching pipe and having a washer being mounted around the fastener between the engaging sheet and the fastener; and a spring being mounted around the fastener and abutting against the washer and the engaging sheet.