Patent ID: 7060013

Claim:
A versatile health care apparatus comprising a pull-line; and a rotatable pull-line wheel mounted on an axle and operatively connected to a power spring for the exertion of torsional force on said pull-line wheel, wherein said pull-line has an end in connection with said pull-line wheel and said power spring is in connection with said axle; further comprising a load-adjusting, axle rotating member where upon rotating said in an appropriate rotational direction, restraint of rotation of said pull-line wheel in the like rotational direction applies energy to said power spring; an axle rotation-preventing member that is disengaged during axle rotation, but otherwise is in an axle rotation-preventing engaged position, and a wall through which an end of said axle extends wherein said wall is provided with a plurality of apertures for receiving an end of said axle rotation-preventing member.