Sitting-posture body anteflexion measuring device

• US 5,935,087 A
• Filed: 08/18/1998
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The University of Tokyo
• Original Assignee: University of Tokyo
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Kando
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor, Cary
• Assistant Examiner(s): WINGOOD, PAMELA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US09/135,894
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 482/95, 482/131, 482/132, 600/587, 600/594, 600/595
• US Class Current: 600/595
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/103 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes A61B5/08 takes precedence; measuring aids for tailors A41H1/00; measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry A61C19/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/70 Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or recording means

Abstract

The disclosed measuring device includes a base plate with a scale for measuring a sitting-posture body anteflexion of a subject, and a back plate for supporting the back of the subject is connected to the base plate so that it can assume an upright posture relative to the base plate. A movable table is guided along the scale on the base plate toward and away from the back plate. The table has a cursor for reading the movement distance of the table from a reference point of the scale.

Claims

1. A sitting-posture body anteflexion measuring device, comprising:

a base plate provided with a scale for measuring a body anteflexion of a subject, said scale extending in a longitudinal direction of the base plate and having a predetermined reference point;

a back plate having a lower end connected to one end of said base plate, said back plate being capable of assuming an upright posture relative to the base plate; and

a table which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the base plate toward and away from the back plate, said table having a cursor which is movable along the scale for reading the movement distance of the cursor as measured from said reference point.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising side stays for retaining the back plate in the upright posture relative to the base plate.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the back plate is pivotally connected to the base plate so that it can be folded over the base plate.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said table comprises a table top member, a plurality of legs connected to the table top member, and means for adjusting the height of said table top member relative to said base plate.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein said table comprises a plurality of legs which are pivotally connected to the table top member.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said base plate has a pair of longitudinal guide tracks along both side edges of the base plate, said legs of the table each having a caster which can be guided by relevant one of the guide tracks.