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Posture training device

US4055168A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1976
Grant dateOct 25, 1977
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Expiry dateSep 21, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/905
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A posture training device includes in a mechanical-electrical embodiment thereof, an electrically conductive plate divided into two contact zones and slidable upon a support base of one housing section of the device. One end of the plate is operatively connected to a body harness cable extending around the longitudinal axis of the body from the pubis to the scapula, while the other end of the plate is electrically connected to spring-biased cable winding mechanisms. The two zones of the plate are separated and electrically insulated from each other by a predetermined gap which extends along the plate with a predetermined curvature or rectilinearly at a constant slope, and another slidable plate, having a contact member disposed therein, is similarly provided within another housing section with a harness cable at one end thereof, which cable extends laterally about the chest area of the patient, and is operatively, electrically connected to a spring-biased cable winding mechanism at the other end thereof through means of the contact member. The electricaly conductive plate and contact member of the second plate serve as a single-pole, double-throw switch and common contact member re…

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