Patent ID: 8062238

Claim:
A device having a back bench, comprising: a lying part that is supportable by a stand; the lying part is turnably mounted around a pivot joint and is movable along a longitudinal direction of the lying part; a manually actuatable mechanism for arresting the lying part in a desired angular setting; clamping members for the clamping a person's legs; and wherein the arresting mechanism includes a push rod; the push rod has an intermediate portion that has an angled portion and is received internally in a tube included in a leg of the back bench along a way from an outer free end of the tube to an opening on a side of the tube; and the push rod has a lower portion that is angled at an obtuse angle to an arresting portion; and the arresting portion is arranged to be received in a number of stoppers situated at distances from each other on an arresting part on the stand.