Impact table

• US 20040210173A1
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Table Project, LLC
• Original Assignee: The Table Project, LLC
• Inventors: Swidler, Steven A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,708,706 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/49
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/001 Apparatus for applying movements to the whole body
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/008 Apparatus for applying pressure or blows almost perpendicular to the body or limb axis, e.g. chiropractic devices for repositioning vertebrae, correcting deformation
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/0456 Supine
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/008 using shock waves

Abstract

The invention is a synchronous impact table (the impact table). The impact table includes a support system having a control system therein, a power system coupled to the control system, a lift system coupled to the power system and the support system, and a patient support system coupled to the lift system. By providing a synchronous percussion wave to a user continuously over time, body and jaw alignment can be enhanced, soft connective tissue can return to its natural position, and body fluids can again flow and balance more naturally.

Claims

1. A synchronous impact table (the impact table), comprising:

a support system having a control system therein;

a power system coupled to the control system;

a lift system coupled to the power system and the support system; and

a patient support system coupled to the lift system.

2. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the support system comprises an active frame.

3. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the power system comprises a motor.

4. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the control system comprises a mechanically adjustable screw mechanism.

5. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the control system comprises a motor speed-adjustment mechanism.

6. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the lift system comprises a lift disk mechanically coupled to the power system.

7. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the lift system comprises a lift receiver.

8. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the motor is mechanically coupled to the lift system via a chain that runs from the motor to a first cog on a first axle and a second cog on a second axle, such that the rotation of the first cog turns the first axle and the rotation of the second cog turns the second axle.

9. The impact table of claim 8 wherein the lift system is mechanically coupled to the first axle via a first lift disk and a second lift disk such that the rotation of the first axle causes the rotation of the first lift disk and the second lift disk.

10. The impact table of claim 9 wherein the lift system is mechanically coupled to the second axle via a third lift disk and a fourth lift disk such that the rotation of the second axle causes the rotation of the third lift disk and the fourth lift disk.

11. The impact table of claim 10 wherein the lift system comprises:

a first lift receiver disposed against the first lift disk;

a second lift receiver disposed against the second lift disk;

a third lift receiver disposed against the third lift disk; and

a fourth lift receiver disposed against the fourth lift disk.

12. The impact table of claim 11 wherein each of the first lift receiver, the second lift receiver, the third lift receiver and the fourth lift receiver are rigidly coupled to the patient support system.

13. The impact table of claim 11 further comprising at least one shock absorber disposed between the patient support system and the support system.

14. The impact table of claim 11 wherein each of the first lift receiver, the second lift receiver, the third lift receiver and the fourth lift receiver are coupled to the patient support system via a shock absorber coupling.

15. The impact table of claim 14 wherein the control system comprises a mechanically adjustable screw mechanism coupled to the patient support system, the mechanically adjustable screw mechanism is enabled to raise and lower the patent support system relative to the support system.

16. The impact table of claim 15 wherein the mechanically adjustable screw mechanism evenly adjusts a plurality of screw-supports simultaneously.

17. The impact table of claim 1 wherein the mechanically adjustable screw mechanism is coupled to a plurality of screw-supports, the screws being mechanically coupled to the support system and supportively coupled to the patient support system when the impact table is at a lowest point.

18. The impact table of claim 7 wherein the lift receiver comprises:

a push-pipe rigidly coupled to the patient support system; and

a roller coupled to the push-pipe via a coupling portion of the push-pipe, wherein the roller is coupled to a lift disk.

19. The impact table of claim 7 wherein the lift receiver comprises:

a push-pipe rigidly coupled to the patient support system, the patient support system having a vertical pipe for accepting the push-pipe;

a shock absorber rigidly coupled between the patient support system and the push-pipe; and

a roller coupled to the push-pipe via a coupling portion of the push-pipe, wherein the roller is coupled to a lift disk.

20. The impact table of claim 19 wherein the shock absorber is mounted in an internal portion of the push-pipe, and an internal portion of the patient support system.