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US 10,307,284 B2Granted
Portable traction device with sling
AssigneeThe Neck Hammock, Inc.
InventorSteven Sudell
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Abstract
A sling of a portable traction device cradles a user's head and includes a pair of shock cords attached at opposite ends of the sling. The ends of the shock cords opposite shock cords are anchored is anchored to a structure, such as a closed door at the hinged side of the door, between the door and door frame, using an anchor, at a height, to generate a tension vector at an acute angle relative to the floor. The tension applies cervical traction.
Claims18
A portable for providing cervical traction, the portable traction device comprising:
- a sling assembly, comprising:
- a sling comprising flexible material and having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a superior edge, and an inferior edge, the sling being elongated and sized to cradle and engage an occipital bone portion of a user's head via at least a frictional portion of the sling disposed between the superior edge and the inferior edge of the sling when the first side extends to a first side of the user's head and the second side extends to a second side of the user's head;
- a base cushion attached to the sling between the superior edge and the inferior edge and approximately centered between the first and second sides of the sling;
- a first side cushion disposed between the base cushion and the and the first side of the sling;
- a second side cushion disposed between the base cushion and the second side of the sling;
- and
- a pair of side attachments comprising a first side attachment extending from the first side of the sling and a second side attachment extending from the second side of the sling;
- flexible elastic tethers operable to selectively attach to the pair of side attachments via first ends of the flexible elastic tethers;
- and
- an anchor operable to selectively attach to the sling and to an anchoring object, wherein the anchor comprises:
- an anchor tab;
- an anchor connector operable to selectively attach to second ends of the flexible elastic tethers;
- and
- an anchor strap disposed between and connecting the anchor tab and the anchor connector.
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A portable traction device for providing cervical traction, the portable traction device comprising:
- a sling comprising flexible material and having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a superior edge, and an inferior edge, the sling being elongated and sized to cradle and engage an occipital bone portion of a user's head via at least a frictional portion of the sling disposed between the superior edge and the inferior edge of the sling when the first side extends to a first side of the user's head and the second side extends to a second side of the user's head;
- a pair of side attachments comprising a first side attachment extending from the first side of the sling and a second side attachment extending from the second side of the sling;
- flexible elastic tethers comprising first ends and second ends, the first ends being associated with the pair of side attachments;
- and
- an anchor operable for selective attachment to an anchoring object at a height above a floor while the portable traction device is in use, the second ends of the flexible elastic tethers being associated with the anchor,
- wherein the flexible elastic tethers are strained and at an acute angle relative to the floor while the portable traction device is in use, the strained flexible elastic tethers producing a tensile force in a direction of the acute angle, and
- wherein the anchor comprises:
- an anchor tab;
- an anchor connector operable to selectively attach to second ends of the flexible elastic tethers;
- and
- an anchor strap disposed between and connecting the anchor tab and the anchor connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.