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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles V Burton, Excelsior, MN (US);
Assignee:
Spinal Designs International, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
602 36 ; 602 19 ; 482143 ;
Abstract
A device and method for transferring stress from a lumbar spine to a rib cage includes an abdomen surrounding member and first and second support bars cooperatively connected to the sides of the abdomen surrounding member. The abdomen surrounding member is secured in an engaging position and a base support is adapted and configured to receive the first and second support bars. The device may also provide the additon feature to gain physically beneficial exercise in conjunction with gravity traction.