Traction apparatus

Claim 1

IN A TRACTION DEVICE FOR APPLYING TRACTION TO A HUMAN BODY, A FRAME STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED TO ONE END OF A BED FRAME, UPPER AND LOWER SHAFTS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, PULLEY BLOCKS HAVING HUBS SLIDABLY AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY ON SAID SHAFTS, SAID HUBS HAVING PULLEYS ARRANGED FOR TURNING MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID BLOCKS RESPECTIVELY, A TRACTION CORD ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A PART OF A HUMAN BEING AND EXTENDING SUCCESSIVELY OVER SAID PULLEYS WITH THE OUTER END OF THE CORD DEPENDING FROM THE UPPERMOST BLOCK, A WEIGHT ATTACHED TO THE DEPENDING END OF SAID CORD FOR EXERTING A TRACTION PULL ON THE HUMAN BEING, AND SAID BLOCKS HAVING OPENINGS EXTENDING TOWARD THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID PULLEYS RESPECTIVELY THROUGH WHICH SAID TRACTION CORD IS SLIDABLE FOR EFFECTING SIDEWISE MOVEMENT OF THE BLOCKS ON THE SHAFTS RESPECTIVELY WITH LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN BEING ON THE BED TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE PULL FROM THE LOWER BLOCK LONGITUDINALLY OF THE PORTION OF THE HUMAN BEING UNDER TRACTION.