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US3752153A
US3752153A US00250792A US3752153DA US3752153A US 3752153 A US3752153 A US 3752153A US 00250792 A US00250792 A US 00250792A US 3752153D A US3752153D A US 3752153DA US 3752153 A US3752153 A US 3752153A
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H1/00—Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
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    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide a device for passively improving the cardio vascular system by controllably placing the body in positions in which gravity operates in a direction opposed to the normal.
  • the device straps in the user comfortably and is then operated to tilt the body to the head stand position. It is believed that the re-combining of the cardio vascular forces with the changed attitudes with respect to gravity is beneficial to heart, skin-tone, hair-root nourishment and general well being.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the type described that any person can use safely and without harness discomfort.
  • FIGURE shows the machine comprising a supporting base 11 and a rotatable assembly 12.
  • Base 11 shows one member 13 of a pair of parallel disposed members having bearings 14.
  • assembly 12 shows a platform 15 having an adjustable foot support 16, an adjustable head support 17 and harnesses l8, l9 and 20.
  • the ramesses are both adjustable along platform 15 and in their lengths by buckling means, not shown.
  • a housing 21 contains a motor driving a gear 22 which meshes with an arcuate rack 23 fixed on base 1 l.
  • a control station 24 on platform 15 is positioned within reach, comfortably, by the user.
  • a flexible connection for poower feed is shown by cord 25.
  • a nonmaintaining push button is desirable for rotation into the inverted position.
  • a maintained pushbutton is used for rotation back to the start position. This provision makes for safety as the user controls the tilt at all times, but does not have to keep the button depressed to get back to the start position.
  • Limit switches are applied at both ends of rack 23 in a well known manner.
  • a combination of a frame and a platform said frame having bearings for spindling said platform, said platform provided with a motor, driving gear and controls, said gear engaging a sector rack, having its center at said bearings, affixed to said frame, said platform provided with harnesses, head and foot platforms for holding a person comfortably in tilted attitudes through any angle up to the inverted position, said controls readily available to the person in the harnessed positlOn.

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A platform provided with a harness for complete comfortable support is rotatable by the user and controlled during use both in degree of rotation and duration at any position up to the head down position.

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United States Patent [191 Copeland 1 1 HEAD STAND EXERCISER [76] Inventor: Doris E. Copeland, 457 Bryn Mawr St., San Antonio, Tex. 98209 22 Filed: May 5,1972
21 Appl. No.: 250,792
[52] US. Cl. 128/24 R, 128/70 [51] Int. Cl A61h l/00 [58] Field of Search 128/24, 68, 70, 33
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,573,571 Pohl 128/68 UX [45] Aug. 14, 1973 1,644,043 10/1927 Tiedemann 3,388,700 6/1968 Mountz Primary Examiner-Lawrence W. Trapp [5 7] ABSTRACT A platform provided with a harness for complete comfortable support is rotatable by the user and controlled during use both in degree of rotation and duration at any position up to the head down position.
1 Claim, 1 Drawing Figure HEAD STAND EXERCISER This invention relates to exercisers for health, more particularly to passive machines for obtaining tilted positions of the body.
A principal object of the present invention is to provide a device for passively improving the cardio vascular system by controllably placing the body in positions in which gravity operates in a direction opposed to the normal. The device straps in the user comfortably and is then operated to tilt the body to the head stand position. It is believed that the re-combining of the cardio vascular forces with the changed attitudes with respect to gravity is beneficial to heart, skin-tone, hair-root nourishment and general well being.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the type described that any person can use safely and without harness discomfort.
These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein the FIGURE shows the machine comprising a supporting base 11 and a rotatable assembly 12.
Base 11 shows one member 13 of a pair of parallel disposed members having bearings 14. Spindled on bearings 14, assembly 12 shows a platform 15 having an adjustable foot support 16, an adjustable head support 17 and harnesses l8, l9 and 20. The ramesses are both adjustable along platform 15 and in their lengths by buckling means, not shown.
Attached to platform 15, a housing 21 contains a motor driving a gear 22 which meshes with an arcuate rack 23 fixed on base 1 l. A control station 24 on platform 15 is positioned within reach, comfortably, by the user. A flexible connection for poower feed is shown by cord 25.
For rotation into the inverted position, a nonmaintaining push button is desirable. For rotation back to the start position, a maintained pushbutton is used. This provision makes for safety as the user controls the tilt at all times, but does not have to keep the button depressed to get back to the start position. Limit switches are applied at both ends of rack 23 in a well known manner.
What I now claim is:
l. A combination of a frame and a platform, said frame having bearings for spindling said platform, said platform provided with a motor, driving gear and controls, said gear engaging a sector rack, having its center at said bearings, affixed to said frame, said platform provided with harnesses, head and foot platforms for holding a person comfortably in tilted attitudes through any angle up to the inverted position, said controls readily available to the person in the harnessed positlOn.

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1. A combination of a frame and a platform, said frame having bearings for spindling said platform, said platform provided with a motor, driving gear and controls, said gear engaging a sector rack, having its center at said bearings, affixed to said frame, said platform provided with harnesses, head and foot platforms for holding a person comfortably in tilted attitudes through any angle up to the inverted position, said controls readily available to the person in the harnessed position.
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US4512572A (en) * 1982-11-10 1985-04-23 Wilfried Hamm Multi-purpose sports-kit
US4566693A (en) * 1982-06-07 1986-01-28 Stretch Forming Corporation Gravity traction apparatus
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US1644043A (en) * 1923-02-09 1927-10-04 Tiedemann Paul Adjustable cot
US1573571A (en) * 1924-03-28 1926-02-16 Pohl Ernst Table for X-ray transradiation
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US4113250A (en) * 1976-06-18 1978-09-12 Davis Edward B Motorized inverting exerciser with body guard permitting selection of desired stress
US4214790A (en) * 1979-01-25 1980-07-29 Sieber Walter P Orthopedic reclining chair
USRE31092E (en) * 1979-01-25 1982-11-30 Inverchair Inc. Orthopedic reclining chair
DK155778B (en) * 1979-01-26 1989-05-16 Hedeco PENDANT STAND FOR RELIEFING DISCUSES IN THE BACKGROUND
DE3201334A1 (en) * 1982-01-18 1983-07-28 Festo-Maschinenfabrik Gottlieb Stoll, 7300 Esslingen Suspension apparatus for therapeutic purposes
US4566693A (en) * 1982-06-07 1986-01-28 Stretch Forming Corporation Gravity traction apparatus
US4512572A (en) * 1982-11-10 1985-04-23 Wilfried Hamm Multi-purpose sports-kit
US4787375A (en) * 1985-07-02 1988-11-29 Krause Nicolaas J P R Therapeutic apparatus
US4858598A (en) * 1986-10-17 1989-08-22 Halpern Alan A Antiosteoporosis device having drop platform with powered drop
US4796609A (en) * 1987-04-10 1989-01-10 Rix Emmet T Tiltable back traction table having adjustable balance point and bumper
EP0377178A1 (en) * 1988-12-23 1990-07-11 Hans Stadelmann Tilting bed
US5830169A (en) * 1997-05-19 1998-11-03 Pierce; Charles W. Spine relaxing apparatus
US6499160B2 (en) 1997-08-08 2002-12-31 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Hospital bed
US6282736B1 (en) 1997-08-08 2001-09-04 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Proning bed
US6691347B2 (en) 1997-08-08 2004-02-17 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Hospital bed
US6123680A (en) * 1998-04-16 2000-09-26 Brummer; Eric Centrifugal force device and method for treatment of orthopedic spinal disorders
US6526610B1 (en) 1998-06-26 2003-03-04 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Proning bed
US6862759B2 (en) 1998-06-26 2005-03-08 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Hospital bed
US6701553B1 (en) 1999-04-21 2004-03-09 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Proning bed
US7137160B2 (en) 1999-04-21 2006-11-21 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Proning bed
US6609260B2 (en) 2000-03-17 2003-08-26 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Proning bed and method of operating the same
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US6862761B2 (en) 2000-03-17 2005-03-08 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Hospital proning bed
US6817363B2 (en) 2000-07-14 2004-11-16 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Pulmonary therapy apparatus
US7931607B2 (en) 2000-07-14 2011-04-26 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Pulmonary therapy apparatus
US7343916B2 (en) 2000-07-14 2008-03-18 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Pulmonary therapy apparatus
US6749548B2 (en) 2001-06-01 2004-06-15 Backproject Corporation Restraint and exercise device
US6656098B2 (en) 2001-06-01 2003-12-02 Backproject Corporation Restraint and exercise device
US20050245999A1 (en) * 2004-04-30 2005-11-03 Dixon Charles M Tanning bed support structure and a tanning bed comprising the same
US20080252116A1 (en) * 2006-10-02 2008-10-16 Vbpm, Limited Liability Corporation (Llc) Therapeutic Device For Inducing Blood Pressure Modulation

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