An improved orthopaedic or exercising bench / [Andreas Oberst].

  • Oberst, Andreas.
Date:
1901
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Credit: An improved orthopaedic or exercising bench / [Andreas Oberst]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 28,063 A.D. 1900 Date of Application, 17th Dec,, 1900—Accepted, 26th Jan., 1901 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. An Improved Orthopaedic or .Exercising Bench. I Andreas Oberst, Gymnastic Instructor, of 6, Colonnenstrasse, Sclioneberg, near Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: .S This invention consists in the combination with a supporting table or bench for the body of a moveable or sliding foot holder secured by elastic connection^ adapted to resist any movements of the legs from the lying or straightened position such connections being adjustable so that the resistance to movemen may be altered to suit the strength of the person exercising or under treatment. 10 The bench is also provided with hand grips suitably connected, and pielerab y with a head sling or rest of any well known form. Further the bench is provided with means for attaching a straightening girdle such as is used for the treatment of deformity of the human body and suitable means are also provided tor sup¬ porting the hips, thus enabling the bench to be used for carrying out very 15 favourable straightening movements. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are respectively elevation, plan and end sectional eleva¬ tion of a bench constructed in accordance therewith. Tn carrying out the invention according to one modification a horizontal 20 bench a, which is suitably covered over with fabric or other material at the deter- mined positions upon which the body rests, is fitted at the bead end with hooks or some similar attachments for attaching a head sling &, of any well known form. However in the present case it does not serve to let the body hang per¬ pendicularly from the head, but it only holds the head so that it cannot move of the body. The head is supported by a pillow or bolster. Similarly the hand grips i on the strings h serve for holding the arms still. At the foot end of the bench there is a sliding piece c fitted, on which the feet are fastened by straps or otherwise. On the other side of the sliding piece e as 1 •1() strings d are Attached thereto, of any desired number, which are passed over rollers towards the under side of the bench a and are connected with a strap c which is adjustable lengthwise. This strap runs to the head end of! the bench where it is fastened. In this manner the position of the sliding piece « can be chosen according to the corporeal length of the person to be treated, and l 1 35 preferable to arrange it in such a manner that the body stretched out between the head sling a and foot holder c remains without any strain, but that it bas overcome tlnf elastic pull of the strings cl as soon as the person tries to bend legfhis position is very suitable for dealing with active, passive and 40 movements of the body; but the bench is essentially exercises for the treatment of stuntedness, bad carriage or deportment, ana tne like after the body has received a determined position through a so-called \Price 8<i.]