Apparatus for postural treatment of humans
OwnerNicolaas J. P. R. Krauseinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for effecting postural treatment of humans. The apparatus includes a pivoting platform structure pivotally mounted on a stand. The platform structure is such that a person can be supported in the region of his hip in a bent over, face down attitude and an adjusting mechanism is provided whereby the position of the platform relative to the pivotal axis may be varied. By such adjustment of the pivotal axis, the center of gravity of a person supported on the platform can be adjusted and in particular can be adjusted in such a way that a person, supported on the platform, can control pivoting of the platform by varying the position of his arms.
Claims24
An apparatus for effecting postural treatment of humans, the apparatus including
- a supporting structure;
- a platform structure that is pivotally mounted on the supporting structure to be pivotal about a horizontal pivotal axis;
- a platform adjustably secured on the platform structure, having a support surface on which a human may be supported in the region of his hip in a bent over, face down attitude;
- a first adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of the platform relative to the platform support structure in a first direction transverse to the pivotal axis of the platform support structure;
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- a second adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of the platform relative to the platform support structure in a second direction transverse to the pivotal axis of the platform support structure and substantially orthogonal to the first direction,
- the position of the centre of gravity of the platform and a human supported thereon thus being adjustable relative to the pivotal axis of the platform support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.