Patent ID: 7862526

Claim:
A cervical traction device for applying traction to the cervical spine of a user, said traction device comprising: a harness for wrapping about the head of a user; a pair of strap members, each attached at one end to said harness; an elongated traction bar, wherein the other ends of said strap members are attached to said traction bar; a load line attached at one end to said traction bar; a load reversal device for mounting on a support surface beyond the head of the user, said load reversal device routing said load line from said traction bar to position over said user; a force and feedback assembly connected at one end to said load line; force loading member operable by the legs of the user connected to the other end of said force and feedback assembly for applying a force thereto, said force and feedback assembly being operative to provide an audible sensory output responsive to said force applied by said force loading member and including a coiled compressing spring operatively connected between said lead line and said force loading member and wherein said sensory output is responsive to change in spring length from said force, said force and feedback assembly further including a battery power source connected to first circuit means and providing a first output related to said force on said spring, and a microprocessor receiving said first output and actuating said sensory device to provide an audible output based on said force.