Michael Vere Halliday

US Patent:

20130341980, Dec 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun 22, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/530926

Inventors:

Michael V. Halliday - Salem UT, US
Steven R. Halliday - Salem UT, US

International Classification:

A47C 7/14

US Classification:

2972843

Abstract:

A chair including a seat member for supporting a user, a backrest member mounted on the seat member, an adjustable platform attached to the backrest member in which the adjustable platform is selectively adjustable to provide a desired contour for supporting the back of a user seated within the chair, and a multipoint adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the adjustable platform along multiple locations of the platform to provide a desired contour for supporting the back of a user seated within the chair. The chair may be custom fitted to a specific user where the curvature of a user's back (e.g., in the spinal region) is measured relative to an idealized curvature, and the multi-point adjustment mechanism of the chair may be dialed in to improve the user's posture as the user uses the chair.

US Patent:

54719950, Dec 5, 1995

Filed:

Dec 3, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/162598

Inventors:

Michael V. Halliday - Salem UT

International Classification:

G01B 500

US Classification:

128781

Abstract:

A device and methods for quantitatively measuring spinal contours and flexibility are provided. The device includes a plurality of substantially parallel coplanar shafts slidable within a guide block. One end of each shaft lies within a chamber which may be pressurized, thereby urging the opposite ends of the shafts to gently deploy against a patient's spine. The shafts may be locked in position with a keeper strip. The relative positions of the shafts may be quantified, and these quantified positions may be processed according to methods of the present invention to obtain reliable quantitative summaries of the curvature and flexibility of selected spinal contours.

US Patent:

20140221881, Aug 7, 2014

Filed:

Feb 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/760484

Inventors:

- Las Vegas NV, US
Michael V. Halliday - Salem UT, US

Assignee:

Better Back Technologies, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

A61H 99/00

US Classification:

601 23

Abstract:

Devices and related methods of use for providing repetitive spinal extension exercise. The device includes a frame extending between a foot end and a head end, a footrest member at the foot end of the frame, and a horizontal seat member between the foot end and the head end of the frame. A height-adjustable back pad fulcrum is attached to the frame between the seat member and a pivoting post is attached to the head end of the frame. The pivoting post is positioned behind the back pad fulcrum, and may be biased to default to an acute angle relative to the seat member. The pivoting post may include a back roller or pad attached thereto (e.g., near a top end thereof) so that a user seated on the seat member may press the roller and pivoting post backwards as the user rearwardly extends an upper portion of the torso.