Patent ID: 8652081

Claim:
A device that is able to be worn by a user to place a lumbar spinal region of the user in traction when the user is in a sitting orientation, the device including: i) a harness that is adapted to be fitted about a torso region of the user; and ii) a support assembly having two legs and a foot member interconnecting lower portions of the two legs and thereby securing lower ends of the legs in spaced relationship, wherein the harness and the two legs are detachably connected by way of co-operating formations that interconnect and disconnect by movement of the co-operating formations in an upward or downward direction relative to each other, and wherein, in use, weight of the user assists in retaining the co-operating formations in an interconnected relationship and the harness is configured to be detached from the support assembly solely by the user moving from the sitting orientation to standing when the harness is fitted about the torso region of the user, and wherein, in use, the support assembly supports the harness and the user in a suspended position with a buttock of the user being either completely or partially lifted while in the sitting orientation such that weight of the user below the harness places the lumbar spinal region of the user in a level of traction.