| US 7,510,539 B2 | ||
| Health equipment | ||
| Fumio Katane, Koshigaya (Japan); and Hideaki Sakitsu, Taitou-ku (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Protec House Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 02, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/909,451. | ||
| Application 10/909451 is a division of application No. 09/646503, granted, now 6,790,194, previously published as PCT/JP00/00189, filed on Jan. 18, 2000. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 11-882 (JP), filed on Jan. 18, 1999; and application No. 11-199632 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0020953 A1, Jan. 27, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 602—36 [602/32; 602/38] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A lumbago treatment apparatus for dragging the lumbar with the weight of the lower part of the body by supporting the trunk
of the user, comprising:
an apparatus body;
bendable trunk supporting means fixedly connected to said apparatus body for holding and supporting the trunk of the user
from the right and left sides, for fixedly positioning only the trunk of the user to the apparatus body and for immobilizing
only the trunk of the user;
a seat portion, being removable or movable in the vertical direction relative to the bendable trunk supporting means, on which
the user sits; and
leg hanging means for hanging and supporting the legs of the user, the leg hanging means arranged relative to the apparatus
body so that the bendable trunk supporting means in combination with the leg hanging means allows suspension of the user's
hips with no direct support of the user's hips when the trunk of the user is fixedly positioned against the apparatus body;
wherein said leg hanging means enables the application of a lumbar twisting force by turning the hanging legs of the user
rightward and leftward while the trunk of the user is fixedly positioned against the apparatus body.
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