US 12,138,210 B2
Cervical orthotic cushion and techniques
Paul R. Norstrem, Amery, WI (US); and Douglas W. Mattison, Forest Lake, MN (US)
Assigned to Core Products International, Inc., Osceola, WI (US)
Filed by Core Products International, Inc., Osceola, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,830.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,987, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007924 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0296 (2013.01) [A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61H 1/008 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0012 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0219 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0225 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0242 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0277 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0282 (2013.01); A61F 2007/108 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0134 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1609 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cervical orthotic traction device comprising:
a base having a length and a width, wherein the length is longer than the width;
sidewalls extending upwardly from the base;
a cervical support surface opposite the base and configured to unite the sidewalls;
wherein the sidewalls include opposingly paired lateral sidewalls and first and second longitudinal sidewalls;
wherein the cervical support surface includes a first planar portion adjacent the first longitudinal sidewall, a second planar portion adjacent the second longitudinal sidewall, and an arcuate portion intermediate the first and second planar portions and extending between, and perpendicular to, the opposingly paired lateral sidewalls;
wherein the first longitudinal sidewall meets the first planar portion of the arcuate portion at a first node line and the second longitudinal sidewall meets the second planar portion of the arcuate portion at a second node line;
wherein the second longitudinal sidewall extends at an acute angle from the base to meet the second planar portion at the second node line, wherein the second planar portion extends from the second node line at a greater angle with respect to the base than the acute angle of the second longitudinal sidewall from the base; and
wherein the arcuate portion of the cervical support surface is configured to support cervical vertebrae of a user to allow a weight of a head of the user to assist with rotational cervical traction or stretching of the cervical vertebrae or muscles.