Patent ID: 7931609

Claim:
An extremity support apparatus, comprising: a first cuff shaped to support a distal end of an extremity along a first axis; a second cuff shaped to support a proximal end of an extremity along a second axis; a bridge rod extendable outwardly from the second cuff in a cantilevered fashion and being fixed with respect to the second cuff such that the bridge rod defining a static non-zero angle with the second axis in a cantilevered fashion; and a tension rod extendable generally vertically between the first cuff and the cantilevered bridge rod; wherein the bridge rod and the tension rod are capable of forming a cantilever support for the first cuff whereby the tension rod is extendable generally downwardly from the cantilevered bridge rod to the first cuff when a distal portion and a proximal portion of an extremity are supported in the respective first and second cuffs.