Universal orthopedic traction and holding device

Claim 1

A UNIVERSAL TRACTION AND HOLDING DEVICE COMPRISING A BASE, A HOLDING MEMBER AND A TRACTION MEMBER, MEANS ON SAID BASE FOR CARRYING AND ADJUSTABLY POSITIONING SAID LIMB HOLDING AND TRACTION MEMBERS, SAID TRACTION MEMBER BEING MAINTAINED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOLDING MEMBER, LIMB GRIPPING MEANS INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE X-ARM AND STRAP ARRANGEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID TRACTION MEMBER AND ADJUSTING MEANS BETWEEN THE HOLDING AND TRACTION MEMBERS TO APPLY A FORCE OF PREDETERMINED AMOUNT BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, SAID X-ARM CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF ARMS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THEIR CENTERS; ADJUSTING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ARMS SO THAT A PREDETERMINED ANGLE MAY BE OBTAINED BETWEEN SAID ARMS, THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS ADAPTED TO BE ASSUMED BY A LIMB UNDER TRACTION, LATERAL EXTENSIONS ATTACHED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND ADAPTED TO SURROUND AND OVERLAY THE POSITION TO BE ASSUMED BY A LIMB, SAID STRAP ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A PAIR OF STRAPS, EACH OF WHICH IS REMOVABLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FREE ENDS OF SAID LATERAL EXTENSIONS LOCATED ON DIFFERENT ARMS OF SAID X-ARM ARRANGEMENT, THE ADJUSTING MEANS ACTUATING SAID ARMS TO PERMIT SAID STRAPS TO DEFINE A LIMB GRIPPING SECTION THEREBETWEEN WHEREBY THE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID ARMS WILL RESULT IN THE PREDETERMINED TIGHTENING OF SAID STRAPS ABOUT A LIMB.