US 12,472,403 B2
Apparatus and method for physiotherapy
Paul Steven Schranz, Bowen Island (CA)
Filed by Paul Steven Schranz, Bowen Island (CA)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,632, filed on Oct. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,173, filed on Oct. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,370, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045622 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 24/0087 (2013.01) [A63B 22/0235 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for physiotherapy comprising:
a lever arm;
a biasing device pivotally biasing the lever arm about a pivot axis;
a support configured for supporting the lever arm above an exercise equipment; and
a harness configurable on a torso of a user to couple the user to the lever arm;
wherein the pivot axis corresponds to an anatomical longitudinal axis of the user and the torso of the user is biased by the lever arm about the anatomical longitudinal axis;
wherein the harness includes a coupler that couples the harness to the lever arm by at least one of a band, a belt, a carabiner, a connector, a cord, a fastener, a hook, a latch, a lock, a ring, a rope, a strap, a string, a strip, and VELCRO®; and
wherein the coupler forms an angle less than or equal to 60 degrees with a line of force exerted by the lever arm on the coupler.