Door mounted cervical variable weight traction unit

Claim 1

A support assembly for stationary mounting from a suitable support structure, said support assembly including a base adapted for mounting on said support structure and including a horizontally outwardly projecting support arm, a lift arm including a first inner end pivotally supported from said base below the inner end of the support arm for rotation about a horizontal axis relative to the base and including an outer end spaced below the outer end of the support arm, tension member guide means carried by the outer end of the support arm, an elongated flexible tension member looped over the guide means and including two depending end portions, a first end portion of the tension member being anchored to the outer end of the lift arm and the second end portion of the tension member having a head sling supported therefrom, weight means supported from said lift arm intermediate said axis and the outer terminal end of said lift arm and adjustably positionable therealong, said base defining a downwardly opening channel extending transversely of said support arm for embracingly engaging the upper marginal edge portion of a door, said channel being defined between a pair of depending generally parallel flange portions supported for adjustable positioning toward and away from each other, said inner ends of said support and lift arms being supported from the outer surface of one of said flanges remote from the other flange.