Therapeutic table with means for rotating a patient's head

Claim 1

A UNITARY DEVICE FOR PARTIALLY ROTATING THE HEAD OF A PRONE PATIENT AND PERMITTING AN ATTENDANT AT EITHER SIDE THEREOF TO THERAPEUTICALLY MANIPULATE THE ADJACENT ARM AND LEG OF THE PATIENT; SAID DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL TABLE; A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SHAFT MOUNTED ON AND DISPOSED ABOVE SAID TABLE; SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SHAFT BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY ROTATABLE; A HEAD HALTER FOR RECEIVING THE HEAD OF THE PATIENT LYING ON AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID TABLE; SAID HEAD HALTER BEING SECURED TO SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SHAFT; A FOOT-OPERATED PEDAL AT EITHER SIDE OF SAID TABLE; AND MEANS OPERABLE BY SAID PEDALS FOR IMPARTING PARTIAL ROTATION TO SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SHAFT; ONE OF SAID PEDALS BEING ADAPTED, WHEN DEPRESSED, TO PARTIALLY ROTATE SAID HEAD HALTER IN ONE DIRECTION, THE OTHER OF SAID PEDALS BEING ADAPTED, WHEN DEPRESSED, TO PARTIALLY ROTATE SAID HEAD HALTER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.