Abstract: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a table pivotally supported on a lower supporting stand for supporting a user, a pad member readily attached to the table with one or more straps, and an infrared device having a pad member for attaching to the table or to the user with an attaching device, such as one or more straps, and an infrared ray generating device for generating an infrared ray to shine the user, such as to warm up the joints or the whole body of the users or for vitalizing the cells of the users and for facilitating the blood circulation of the users, and a vibrating device may further be used for vibrating the joints or the other portion of the users and for further facilitating the blood circulation of the users.

Abstract: An inversion exerciser includes: a beam having a pivot part formed with retaining grooves angularly displaced along an arcuate track; a foot retaining part pivoted to the pivot part relative to the beam about a first axis; a swingable part having first and second end portions and pivoted to the foot retaining part about a second axis parallel to the first axis; a locking pin extending transversely and secured to the first end portion of the swingable part as to be co-rotatable with the swingable part to engage and disengage a selected retaining groove; an urging member for biasing the swingable part to retain the first locking pin in the selected retaining groove; and a releasing member mounted movably on the foot retaining part and connected to the second end portion of the swingable part.

Abstract: A multi-stage orientating assembly for an inversion table has a stationary seat, an orientating device and an operating device. The stationary seat is connected securely to the sidewall of the table of the inversion table and has a longitudinal beam and a connecting jacket. The orientating device is connected to the mounting bracket of the inversion table and the stationary seat and has a mounting head and a clamping device. The mounting head is connected to the connecting jacket. The clamping device is connected to the stationary seat and has an engaging assembly and an orientating assembly. The operating device is connected to the stationary seat and the orientating device and has a transmitting assembly and a handle. The transmitting assembly is connected to the engaging assembly. The handle is connected securely to the transmitting assembly.

Abstract: A safety assembly for an inversion table having a mounting bracket and a table connected pivotally to the mounting bracket with two pivot posts has a mounting jacket, an operating head and a fastening element. The mounting jacket is connected securely to the mounting bracket and has a mounting panel, an opening and an engaging sheet. The operating head is attached rotatably to the mounting jacket and has a connecting tube and a rotating plate. The fastening element is connected to the operating head in the mounting jacket and has a fastener, a washer and a spring.

Abstract: This invention is an adjustable, padded bench with stirrup straps which can afford users a wide variety of possible positions to perform sexual intercourse. The framework is made from powder-coated tubular steel. The double bar back supports give the Sexerciser strength and keep it from twisting. The seat assembly can easily be moved up or down the frame to different heights to accommodate tall or short people. The unit can also be adjusted from nearly vertical to almost horizontal. This makes it easy for different sexual positions. The horizontal portion of the seat can be moved in or out to be more comfortable and give additional support and options for positions. The most important part of Sexerciser is the stirrups. These allow the person who is seated to be able to comfortably keep their legs raised and open to make penetration by their partner very easy. Sexerciser folds flat so it can be stored under a bed or in a closet and meets all UPS shipping requirements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spine stretch machine, comprising: an inverting part and a back stretch part. The inverting part has a platform allowing a person to lie on it, a inversion motor to move the platform from horizontal to vertical, a feet anchor which is extendable driven by a leg adjustment motor, thus making the body upside down to stretch the spine. A safety release device in the inverting part can move the platform back to horizontal when the inversion motor is broken. The back stretch part has a back press unit which protrudes from the platform to press the back of the body and a second motor-driven unit which can drive the back press unit to roll back and forth alone the spine to massage the back, thus making the spine flexible.

Abstract: An inversion device for inverting and supporting a person for exercise. There are: first and second support frames, spaced one from the other, each frame including: a front leg member and a rear leg member. The front leg members have a curved handle portion near a middle of the front leg member. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, each front leg member has a handle member coupled near a middle of the front leg member, extending outwardly therefrom. The front and rear leg members are coupled together and have a downwardly divergent relationship. The inversion device further includes: a top cross member coupled to each of the first and second support frames; a thigh pad coupled to the top cross member and rotatable about a long axis of the top cross member; and a bottom cross member coupled to a bottom end of each of the front leg members.

Abstract: An exerciser in one embodiment includes a base, a telescopic shank mechanism, a pivotal calf support disposed sufficiently above the ground by mounting on a top of the shank mechanism, and a foot support including a telescopic frame obliquely upwardly extending from one end of the calf support, and two cylindrical foot supporting members fixedly secured to both sides of the frame. The tops of the feet of an inverted person are urged against the foot supporting members, the backs of the calves and the knees are urged against the calf support, and the remaining portions of the body are disposed between the calf support and the reference ground in performing one form of exercise.

Abstract: A machine and method of vertically stretching and exercising the human body, specifically the lower half of the human frame. The machine comprises a bed, table, or platform having a user-controlled actuator which raises one end of the bed, table, or platform up to forty degrees above a completely horizontal position such that the user's upper body is raised above the user's lower body. As a consequence, the user's lower body is either partially or fully suspended from the user's point of attachment to the bed, table, or platform. Because the user is in control of the precise actuator movements, and hence the degree of vertical positioning, the machine is much easier and safer to operate and more effective than other exercise or physical strengthening devices.

Abstract: An ankle clamp assembly for an inversion table has a stationary frame, an adjustable frame and an operating device. The stationary frame has a longitudinal beam and a transverse beam. The longitudinal beam is connected to the inversion table and has a recess, a latch rod and a mounting arm. The mounting arm is connected to the longitudinal beam and has a stationary latch hole. The adjustable frame is movably connected to the stationary frame and has an adjusting arm and a pressing arm. The adjusting arm extends through the mounting arm and has multiple elongated latch holes. The operating device is connected to the stationary frame, engages the adjustable frame and has a spring, a handle and a latch lever. The latch lever is attached transversely to the handle, extends through the recess into an elongated latch hole corresponding to the stationary latch hole.

Abstract: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a table rotatably supported on a supporting stand with a pivot axle and a power actuating foot retaining device attached to the table for being powered and actuated to clamp and to retain ankle portions of the user to the table without being operated manually by the user. The table includes two fixed foot supports for supporting the feet of the user, a tube is attached to the table, a stem is slidably attached to the tube and has two foot anchor members movable to clamp the feet of the user to the table. A motorized and threaded coupling device may move and adjust the stem relative to the tube. The table includes a hand grip for supporting an operating device.

Abstract: An exercise method and apparatus means for increasing swing speed and swing strength of sporting and self defense implements, by supporting an athlete, while swinging the implements, in a range of angles that take advantage of the direct downward acceleration due to gravity. Comprised of a rigid human support, and a stationary base of sufficient height, with the means of securing the angle with respect to the gravitational acceleration, the athlete swings an implement just as he would standing vertical, in an attitude off vertical to make the most of increasing forces on the implement being swung.

Abstract: An exercising apparatus has a front frame, a rear frame and a seat assembly. The rear frame is connected to the front frame and the seat assembly is mounted pivotally between the front frame and the rear frame. The seat assembly has a seat back, a seat, a leg holder, a front connecting rod and a lower connecting rod. When a user is in an inverted position, the user's body is stretched and pressure on the spine can be eliminated. With the relative movement between the seat back and the seat and the relative movement between the seat and the leg holder, the torso and femoral muscles of the user can be fully exercised.

Abstract: An exercising apparatus has a front frame, a rear frame and a seat assembly. The rear frame is connected to the front frame and the seat assembly is mounted pivotally between the front frame and the rear frame. The seat assembly has a seat back, a seat, a leg holder, a front connecting rod and a lower connecting rod. When a user is in an inverted position, the user's body is stretched and pressure on the spine can be eliminated. With the relative movement between the seat back and the seat and the relative movement between the seat and the leg holder, the torso and femoral muscles of the user can be fully exercised.

Abstract: An inversion apparatus for performing exercises of suspending the body of a person in an inverted position. The inversion apparatus including a stable steel frame, a winch, and a pair of padded anchor rings which connect the feet of the person to a winch operated by a motor or manually. Controls are provided for the person to operate the winch at will, to move the person up and down to a controlled and gradual elevated, inverted position. The person may also perform multiple exercises in the inverted position. For this reason a series of horizontal crossbars have been included in the design. A time delay in the winch system controls the movements of the winch in order to avoid a run-on condition in which the winch might fail to reverse.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bed to adjust a slope of the bed according to brain waves and a method thereby, to adjust the slope to generate the maximum alpha waves of brain waves which are generated by the change of the blood amount to be provided in a bed user's brain.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is spinal massager capable of performing oscillating or chiropractic operation along the vertebrae of a user who lies on the massager with the feet elevated above the head. The spinal massager allows a herniated spinal disc to be readily restored into a gap produced between the vertebrae, resulting in improved blood circulation and muscle relaxation.

Abstract: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a stand, and a table rotatably attached to the stand with the shaft, to support a user. The table includes one or more hand grips for being grasped by the user, a driving device attached to the table and coupled to the shaft, to drive and rotate the table relative to the stand. A control device is attached to the hand grip, for being readily operated by the user, to control the driving device, and for preventing the control device from being disengaged from the hand grip and the table. The control device includes an electric cable coupled to the driving device, to operate the driving device. The electric cable may be engaged through the hand grip.

Abstract: An adjustable apparatus for performing bodyweight exercises comprises a pair of side frames. At least one pair of handles projects in forwards directions from the side frames. Handles in positions on the side frames allow different bodyweight exercises to be performed. A pendulous member for supporting the lower part of the body of a user in some exercises is suspended in the opening between the side frames. This may be raised and lowered between and secured at different height positions. Some embodiments may further comprise cushioned members at the base for the user's comfort. Additional detachable cross bars and a body support strap may be attached to the handles or structure of some embodiments to allow further variation in exercises. Further embodiments may allow folding or collapsing for storage.

Abstract: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a table rotatably supported on a supporting stand for supporting a user and having one or more hand grips attached to the table and rotated in concert with the table relative to the supporting stand, for being grasped by the user to pull the user's body upwardly against gravity force, when the user is suspended above the ground. The table includes two opposite side edges each having a trunnion for rotatably attaching to the supporting stand. The table includes two hanger bars for supporting the trunnions, and the hand grip includes an end panel for securing to the trunnion with one or more fasteners.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus with both a mat rotating means operated by an electric motor and a foot support means to allow a user reclining on a mat to hang his/her body upside down from the foot support means or to do exercises, such as sit-ups, without help from another person. In the exercise apparatus of the present invention, the leg assembly includes movable and immovable legs, in which the movable leg is closed towards the immovable leg to close the leg assembly in an effort to increase space efficiency of the apparatus. The exercise apparatus also has a locking means for causing the leg assembly in a closed state to be maintained in a stable position, and a plurality of rollers mounted to an outside portion of either leg of the leg assembly to cause a user to easily move the heavy exercise apparatus when necessary.

Abstract: An inversion exerciser includes a foot retaining device having a beam attached to a base to secure feet of user to the base, and having two fixed foot supports, a housing secured to the beam, a curved rack secured in the housing and having a number of teeth. A lever has one end rotatably attached to the housing and includes two movable foot supports movable toward and away from the fixed foot supports of the beam. A pawl is pivotally secured in the lever, and rotatable to engage with the teeth of the rack, and to selectively lock the lever to the beam, and a controlling device may control the pawl to engage with and to be disengaged from the teeth of the rack. A safety lock device is pivotally secured in the lever, and includes a tongue to selectively engage with the teeth of the rack and to selectively lock the lever to the beam by gravity force.

Abstract: A feet-binding apparatus for a tilting inversion exercise machine comprising an adjusting device, a control device, and an ankle holder. The adjusting device is connected to the tilting inversion exercise machine. The control device includes a pivoting member pivotably connected to the adjusting device, a ratchet fixed to the adjusting device and having a frictional portion, a pawl pivotably connected to the pivoting member and having a claw portion at an end thereof, a control bar fixed to the pivoting member at an end thereof, and an actuating rod inserted inside the control bar and pivotably connected to the other end of the pawl to be driven by a force to drive the claw portion to engage with or disengage from the frictional portion. The ankle holder includes a first binding cushion assembly fixed to the adjusting device, and a second binding cushion assembly fixed to the pivoting member.

Abstract: A tilting inversion exerciser includes a stand, a table rotatably attached to the stand to support a user, and a carrier slidably received in the table. The carrier includes a massage device for massaging the user. The table includes a bolt rotatably received in a chamber and threaded to the carrier, to move the carrier relative to the table. A motor may be coupled to the bolt, to rotate or drive the bolt to move the carrier relative to the table. One or more cranks are rotatably attached to the carrier and each has one or more wheels for engaging with and for massaging the user. The carrier includes a motor for actuating the wheels to massage the user via the crank.

Abstract: A sleeping method for a participant having a foot end and a head end including 1)providing a sleeping surface having upper and lower ends, the sleeping surface inclined at least 10–25 degrees from the upper end to the lower end, 2)providing a predetermined unit of time having successive nightly sleep periods, and 3)the participant sleeping on the sleeping surface in a head down position for at least half or other portion of the successive nightly sleep periods, the head down position comprising the participant laying down on the sleeping surface with the legs and feet of the participant disposed toward the upper end of the sleeping surface and the head end of the participant disposed toward the lower end of the sleeping surface, in which the feet end of the participant is upward relative to the head end of the participant.

Abstract: The device is designed to enable the user to perform both abdominal strengthening and back muscle strengthening exercises on the top of a conventional bed. A conventional bed is defined as one with a semi-rigid mattress and a rigid frame. The device attaches and detaches to the described bed easily and provides the means to strengthen both flexor and extensor muscles of the trunk with the dual advantages of maximum convenience and minimum cost. The device is a departure from the previous art in that it enables the user to strengthen the trunk muscles at home without the necessity of cumbersome and expensive equipment.

Abstract: A multifunctional physical training machine. The training machine includes a frame, two first pad members, a second pad member and a cord assembly. The frame includes a first base bar and a second base bar for resting on the ground, a first frame bar having an end thereof fixed with the first base bar and a second frame bar having an end thereof fixed with the second base bar and the other end thereof connected to the first frame bar. The first and the second pad members are disposed on the first frame bar in different elevation. The cord assembly has two elastic cords detachably connected to the first base bar or the second base bar, and two holding members disposed at the ends of the elastic cords respectively. The cord assembly further has two length adjusting devices to change the lengths of the elastic cords.

Abstract: An exercise with traction device comprising a frame holding a seat above the floor that has a resistance loaded backrest for the purpose of rehabilitating atrophied spinal support muscle through progressive resistance exercise while the spine is under pain alleviating traction. The backrest is resistance loaded for both traction, and extension resistance or flexion resistance. This makes needed exercise for those who are hindered from such therapy by spinal compressive related pain. The exercise resistance is transmitted to the patient via a horizontal axis backrest, and can be weighted either positively for back resistance, or negatively for abdominal resistance, at the same time traction is applied from the backrest suspension system applying resistance to the user attached to it in the direction that decompresses the spine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-standing exercising machine for building up the strength of upper body muscles and training the muscles of waist and abdomen through the upper body exercising device mounted on the lower supporting part to obtain the exercising effects on the whole body. With exercising upper body or the whole body in various ways on the hand-standing status, a user could maintain health.

Abstract: An electric exercise machine includes a support member, a rotatable frame rotatably mounted to a top of the support member, a driving device mounted on the support member and having an electric motor for driving the rotatable frame to turn, and a controller for manually activating the motor of the driving device to run to enable the rotatable frame to turn to a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A restraint and exercise device is provided to treat acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly lumbopelvic and/or leg pain, and to restore and/or increase range of motion in suitable users. The device is particularly useful during exercise. The device may contain a restraint, such as two straps, connected to a support structure. The straps help restrain a portion of a person's body such as the pelvic region. The portion of the person's body may be restrained in a substantially pain-free position so as to reduce the pain that would otherwise be felt during exercise.

Abstract: The present invention provides a back exercise machine, which includes a support frame, a footrest, a protrusion device, and a grasping device. The support frame is disposed with a main post thereon. The footrest is mounted on a front end of the support frame. The protrusion device, which is composed of at least two struts pivotally interconnected with one another, is pivotally connected with the main post of the support frame for rendering a raising action and is installed with at least one elastic member between the struts for resiliently self-rebounding. The grasping device is mounted on the protrusion device for the user's two hands holding. In operation, the back exercise can raise the user's back to completely stretch the user's back extensor muscles so as to get rid of weariness by means of the protrusion device's struts pivoting with one another.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus that will exercise at least five groups of muscles is disclosed. The exercise apparatus exercises the abdominal muscles, the serratus muscles, the intercostals muscles and the leg muscles. The apparatus uses a seated position for the person exercising and the exerciser is seated on a swing. When the exerciser contracts his or her abdominal muscles while lifting the legs, the swing rotates such that the exerciser's feet rotate upward. When the exerciser releases tension on the abdominal muscles, the apparatus goes back to its original position. When the exerciser bends forward, the above four groups of muscles are exercised.

Abstract: A back strengthening apparatus having first and second horizontal base members attached perpendicularly to one another, a support member for supporting a user's lower trunk area and means for securing the support member in vertical position above the horizontal base members, and a planar support plate adjoining the securing means. The support member includes at least one indentation for positioning and supporting a user's lower trunk area during exercise.

Abstract: A body inversion exercise equipment comprises a base frame which has two connect boards at top end. A rotatable assembly has two connect bars pivoted to the connect boards of the base frame for free rotating. A holder assembly is disposed at the rotatable assembly for holding a user on the rotatable assembly, and two locking assemblies are disposed at the position between the connect boards and the connect bars by means of an axial rod passing through them. The locking assembly has an adjustment piece and a position piece. The adjustment piece is rotatable relative to the axial rod. The adjustment piece has a guiding slot, openings and an adjusting bar. The position piece connects to the rotatable assembly for rotating along with the rotatable assembly. The position piece has a pin can insert into one of the openings of the adjustment piece to lock the tilting angle of the rotatable assembly.

Abstract: An exercise and rehabilitation chair includes a framework having lower frame members, pivotal front legs, and elongate rear legs. The chair includes a seat assembly having a seat bottom and seat back and upper arms, each upper arm being pivotally coupled at one end to a generally upstanding support arm and at an opposed end to a front leg. Bearing housings pivotally connect corresponding support arms and rear legs and establish a fulcrum about which the seat assembly may rotate. The bearing housings may be slidably positioned longitudinally along corresponding support arms and rear legs using pin fasteners or, alternatively, using motorized gear assemblies. The displacement of the fulcrum relative to a user's hips is adjustable for regulating the resistance of chair operation. A foot assembly is pivotally coupled to the front legs. All pivotal connections correspond anatomically to a user's joints for low joint stress and low-resistance exercise.

Abstract: A bed which is pivotable from a horizontal arrangement to a vertical arrangement to controllably invert a human body from a supine position to an inverted position. The arrangement of the bed is controlled by at least one electric actuator so that injured or ill persons may attain the inverted position safely and easily. Hanging by their legs, users are suspended in the inverted position by a trapeze bar which is supported within a rotatable leg attachment; by adjusting the position of the trapeze bar and the angle of the leg attachment, selective stimulation may be applied to targeted acupressure points. A heating and/or vibrating unit may be included to provide further stimulation to the spine.

Abstract: A body inversion exercise equipment comprises a base frame which has two connect boards at top end. A rotatable assembly has two connect bars pivoted to the connect boards of the base frame for free rotating. A holder assembly is disposed at the rotatable assembly for holding a user on the rotatable assembly, and two locking assemblies are disposed at the position between the connect boards and the connect bars by means of an axial rod passing through them. The locking assembly has an adjustment piece and a position piece. The adjustment piece is rotatable relative to the axial rod. The adjustment piece has a guiding slot, openings and an adjusting bar. The position piece connects to the rotatable assembly for rotating along with the rotatable assembly. The position piece has a pin can insert into one of the openings of the adjustment piece to lock the tilting angle of the rotatable assembly.

Abstract: A foot-holding assembly of a body inversion exercise equipment having a collapsible base seat and a rotatable support assembly pivotally mounted on the base seat comprises an adjusting bar and an operating bar. The adjusting bar has an end thereof fastened to the rotatable support, a footrest disposed at distal end thereof, and a pivoting seat adjacent to said footrest. The operating bar is pivotally connected at one end thereof to said pivoting seat of said adjusting bar and has a curved segment formed from said one end of the operating bar toward another end of the operating bar with a predetermined length.

Abstract: A health machine for enabling an user to exercise upside down includes a support having a pair of circular seats on the top, a top bar having a pair disks at two ends rotatably engaged with the pair of circular seats and a massage assembly secured to the top bar. So that the massage assembly may rotate clockwise for about 90 degrees to facilitate the upper body of a user to hang upside down on massage in order to relax his vertebra and to improve the blood circulation in his body.

Abstract: A chiropractic exerciser device designed to permit a person to hang upside-down from the waist or hips. The chiropractic exerciser consists of three main parts or elements that include handles, a main body including a hang bar, and an upright hang-bar. The first element are handles connected to a step-up bar and inner legs which facilitate additional stretching and exercising positions. The step-up bar feature allows individuals of any height to use the device. The second element is the main body or base, which includes the hang bar that permits a person to hang upside down. The third element is the upright hang-bar which is designed for pull-ups and hanging thereby allowing the vertebrae to straighten and re-align. The upright hang-bar can be used as a static upright hang-bar permitting standard chin-ups, or it can be used with a spring mechanism.

Abstract: A locking structure of pivot arms of an inverting machine comprises a leg frames two pivot arms, and an inverting platform The leg frame has two pivoting ends which arc provided with a slot. The two pivot arms are provided with a plurality of locating through holes and at one end thereof with a pivoting pillar which is pivoted in the slot of the leg frame. The inverting platform is provided in two sides thereof with a receiving member which has a retaining slot for retaining the pivot arm. The retaining slot is provided in the bottom wall thereof with a locating pillar engageable with any one of the locating through holes of the pivot arm. The receiving member is provided with a locking member for locking the pivot arm in the receiving member.

Abstract: A device which will allow the user to perform inverted ab crunches and has a frame which is attached to a base with a padded mat. The frame has two padded supports at the top for the user to place his knees and ankles on to support himself in an inverted position and the frame has hand holds along the frame to help himself into and out of the exercise position.

Abstract: A construction and mode of use of an exercise device primarily for extension exercise routines which hold each knee of the exerciser, by a restraint, at an obtuse angle or in an injury-obviating position during repetitive opposite direction bending at the waist during which, the weight-shifting of the upper torso, can cause injury to an unrestrained knee.

Abstract: An automatic therapeutic bed for inversely suspending/standing a human body includes an intermediate member of the therapeutic bed, a backrest of the therapeutic bed rotatably connected to an end of the intermediate member for accommodating an upper body of the patient, a footrest of the therapeutic bed rotatably connected to another end of the intermediate member for accommodating a lower body of the patient, a plurality of frames provided under the intermediate member, the backrest and the footrest and forming a bed angle adjustment mechanism, a drive means for driving the bed angle adjustment mechanism formed of the frames to change the angles and positions of the intermediate member, the backrest and the footrest of the therapeutic bed, shoulder pads provided at an end of the backrest for supporting shoulders of the patient, and a fastening means provided at an end of the footrest for fastening ankles of the patient.

Abstract: An exercise device includes a mat rotating device provided on the upper end of a base frame constituting a skeleton of the exercise device and adapted to rotate a mat frame rotatably mounted on the base frame through a desired angle when it is energized by electric power externally applied thereto, and a foot holder moving device provided on an extension member extending longitudinally from the mat frame and adapted to move foot holders when it is energized by electric power externally applied thereto. By the foot holder moving device, the foot holders move between an ankle holding position where the foot holders are positioned near support bars mounted to the extension member, respectively, to hold the ankle portions of the user therebetween and a release position where the foot holders are spaced away from the support bars, respectively, to allow the ankle portions of the user to be released.

Abstract: An adjustable inversion supporter includes a supporting base, a pair of supporters spacedly mounted on top of the supporting base, and a pair of shoulder seats which are connected to the two supporters respectively for supporting the two shoulders of an inverse user. Each of the shoulder seats consists of a kidney-bean shaped supporting pad for enabling the respective shoulder of the inverse user to rest and be supported thereon, and an adjustable connector affixed to the supporting pad for connecting the supporting pad with the respective supporter, wherein the two supporting pads are capable of adjusting a distance therebetween by turning each of the supporting pads about the respective supporter so as to match the user's shoulder shape and width.

Abstract: Body traction table for treatment of, among other things, back problems that includes a stand presenting a front stand portion (1) and a rear stand portion (2) and supporting a body-supporting table (13) and a footrest (8) which together revolve round a mainly horizontal axis in order to turn the body-supporting table (13) from standard position in which the footrest (8) is lowered into treatment position in which the footrest (8) is above the horizontal axis, the body-supporting table (13) being supported by a frame (5) which is pivotally connected with the stand. At least one of the stand portions (1, 2) is adjustable for height so that the front stand portion (1) can be made shorter or longer than the rear stand portion (2).

Abstract: The present invention resides in an exercise apparatus for individuals with chronic back pain. The apparatus comprises an elongated base frame that is rectangular in configuration and has a U-shaped front portion and a T-shaped back portion. An inverted Y-shaped, lower support shaft having three members with rectangular configurations is removably attached to the base frame. An elongated, rectangular shaped upper support shaft attached to an angle adjustment cam is attached to the inverted Y-shaped lower support shaft with rotation and locking means. The upper support shaft contains, near the bottom portion thereof, a restraint stand having foot boards and lower extremity restraint. The upper support shaft is hollow on the inside and is slidably connected to a telescoping pelvic restraint stand, which contains hip pads, pelvic restraints and bicycle like handle bars near the top portion thereof.

Abstract: A mount for a tilting inversion exercise table includes a stand composed of spaced A-frames having spaced trunnion-supporting bearing plates with blind bearing slots receiving trunnions in such slots, and swingable keeper arms pivoted on the trunnion-supporting bearing plates and having hooked ends swingable into positions blocking escape of the trunnions from the bearing slots. Helical tension springs connected between the trunnion-supporting bearing plates and the keeper arms urge the arms into positions in which their hooked ends block escape of the trunnions from the blind bearing slots.