Device and method for relieving back pain
OwnerOrlando Calvoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for relieving back pain, the apparatus having a top and a leg assembly for supporting the top when the apparatus is placed on a surface. A method of relieving back pain is also provided, wherein a user adjusts the height of an apparatus according to the user's buttock popliteus length, and lay on the surface and place his/her lower legs or feet on the top of an apparatus such that the knees are bent at substantially 90 degrees and his/her back is flat on the surface.
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1-17. (canceled)
An apparatus to be placed on a surface on which a user is to lie, the apparatus for supporting the legs or feet of the user, the apparatus comprising:
- a top defining a plane, the top having a bottom surface, the bottom surface including a first stopper;
- a leg assembly having a first leg pivotable with respect to the top, the first leg having a first position in which the first leg contacts the first stopper, the leg assembly constructed to support the top at a first height above the surface when the first leg is in the first position;
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- at least one recess disposed on the bottom surface of the top, the recess constructed and arranged to receive at least a portion of the first leg, wherein the first leg has a third position in which at least a portion of the first leg is received into the recess and is positioned substantially in alignment with the plane of the top.
A method of supporting legs or feet of a user, the method comprising:
- providing an apparatus to support the user's legs, the apparatus including a top and a leg assembly, wherein:
- the top defines a plane having a bottom surface, the bottom surface including a first stopper and at least one recess;
- the leg assembly has a first leg with a first upper portion, the first leg being pivotable with respect to the top allowing the first upper portion to engage the first stopper to support the top at a first height;
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- the first leg being pivotable into a folded position in which at least a portion of the first leg is received into the recess and is positioned substantially in alignment with the plane of the top;
- engaging the first upper portion with the first stopper thereby supporting the top at a first height;
- laying the user on a surface such that the user's back is substantially flat on the surface;
- supporting the user's lower leg or foot on the top while the first upper portion is engaged with the first stopper;
- removing the user's lower leg or foot from the top;
- disengaging the first upper portion of the first leg from the first stopper;
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- collapsing the apparatus by engaging at least a portion of the first leg with the recess.
A method of a user using an apparatus having a top including a bottom surface having a first stopper and at least one recess and a first leg, the first leg pivotable to contact the first stopper to support the top at a first height, the recess capable of receiving at least a portion of the first leg, the method comprising:
- instructing the user to lie down on a surface such that the user's back is substantially flat on the surface;
- and
- instructing the user to place the user's leg or foot on the apparatus such that the user's knee is at substantially a 90 degree angle and the user's thigh is substantially perpendicular to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.