Appeal 2007-2294
Application 09/740,169
U.S.C. § 6(b). Claims 1, 9, and 10 are representative of the claims on
appeal, and read as follows:
1. A vertical traction assembly for using gravity to stretch a person's
spine, said assembly comprising:
a) standing frame means and torso harness means coupled to
depend downwardly from said frame means,
b) said harness means being effective to maintain a person in a
vertical traction suspension position after the person dons said harness
means, and
c) traction force focusing means attached to the frame means for
applying a focused traction pressure directly to a selected location along the
spine of the person who is in said vertical traction suspension position.
9. A vertical traction assembly for using gravity to stretch a person's
spine, said assembly comprising:
a) standing frame means and torso harness means coupled to
flexibly depend downwardly from said frame means, and
b) said frame means including a first non-traction receiving
surface means for supporting a person while standing to don the torso
harness means and a second partial traction receiving surface means for
supporting a person while standing to adjust said harness means with respect
to the person's torso and assembly before the person voluntarily steps to a
vertical, gravity traction suspension position,
c) said harness means being effective to suspend the person from
the frame means for a partial traction pressure when the person stands on
said second partial traction receiving surface means after donning said
harness means,
d) said partial traction pressure being less than a full traction
pressure that is applied to the person while in said vertical, gravity traction
suspension position.
10. A traction assembly for using gravity to stretch a person's spine, said
assembly comprising:
a) freestanding frame means and harness means effective to
releasably gird the torso of a person,
b) said harness means being coupled to flexibly depend
downwardly from said frame means to suspend the person from the frame
means in a vertical traction suspension position, and
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