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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Balanced Body, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Kit W. Spelman, Sacramento, CA (US);
BALANCED BODY, INC., Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
A reformer includes a generally rectangular frame, a movable carriage mounted on the frame for movement between head end and foot end of the frame, and a plurality of springs biasing the carriage toward the foot end of the frame. The carriage has at least four roller wheels. A carriage drag adjustment device in accordance with the present disclosure generally includes a drag generator configured to apply an opposing force to at least one roller wheel of the wheeled reformer carriage, a mounting assembly fastening the drag generator to the wheeled reformer carriage, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the drag generator to adjust the amount of drag applied to at least one roller wheel mounted to an underside of the reformer carriage, thereby opposing movement of the wheeled reformer carriage between the head and foot ends of the frame.