Patent ID: 7828760

Claim:
A neck traction device adapted to longitudinally elongate a user's neck with an application of force on the user's left and right shoulders while supporting the user's head in a substantially longitudinally stationary position comprising: a head pad for said user's head; a pair of shoulder pads for said user's left and right shoulders, respectively; said shoulder pads movably mounted on one or more longitudinal track mounts; and an undercarriage means for transferring a substantially downward force due to a head weight of said user's head on said head pad to a longitudinal force on said shoulder pads such that said shoulder pads, in a rest mode, are in an inboard, non-extended position in said one or more longitudinal track mounts and, in an extension mode, said are in an outboard, extended position in said one or more longitudinal track mounts; said undercarriage means including a head frame element, a interconnecting linkage and a shoulder pad frame element, said head pad mounted on said head frame element and said shoulder pads mounted on said shoulder pad frame element, said shoulder frame element longitudinally movably mounted in said one or more track mounts; said head frame element being pivotally mounted to permit substantially vertical movement due to said substantially downward force of said head weight on said head pad; said shoulder pad frame element pivotally mounted to said head frame element via said interconnecting linkage and said shoulder pad frame element permitted substantially longitudinal extending movement due to said substantially vertical movement of said head pad and head frame element.