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Therapeutic traction apparatus and method

  • US 5,156,580 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1991
  • Issued: 10/20/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable hanging stand for therapeutic purposes whereby a user may hang suspended by his arms under the influence of gravity, said stand comprising the following detachably connected components:

  • a pair of laterally spaced upright side support members interconnected at their upper ends by an upper spreader bar and at their lower ends by a lower transverse spreader bar, said lower transverse spreader bar extending laterally outwardly beyond the upright support members,each side support member comprising connected upper and lower portions, the upper side portions including a plurality of vertically spaced pairs of transversely aligned openings,said upper spreader bar including end fastening portions fitted into the uppermost set of aligned openings and detachable fastening means securing said end fastening portions to said upper side portions,a hanging bar for grasping by a user'"'"'s hand slidably removably disposed in a selected additional pair of said aligned openings,longitudinally extending support feet secured to opposite ends of said lower spreader bar, said feet comprising generally triangularly shaped panel members angled upwardly and inwardly from the lower transverse spreader bar ends and detachably secured to the upright support members,and each of said components being detachably connected to form said hanging stand and adapted to be disassembled for transport.

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