A spreader bar is a piece of equipment used in the practice of sexual bondage. At minimum it consists of a stiff bar, typically two to three feet long with attachment points for restraints at each end.
Worn on the wrists, a spreader bar serves to immobilize the hands of the wearer, allowing others the unrestricted use of the wearer's upper body. Worn on the ankles it both immobilizes the feet, preventing all but the most awkward walking, and also spreads the legs, allowing greater access to the wearer's genitals, backside, and legs.
Spreader bars may include extra attachment points along their length for collars, suspension play, or attachment via rope or chain to other hardware.
A contact pad mounted on the extending portion of the spreader rod is formed as an externally-contoured bushing fit over the spreader rod and adapted to engage the leg member to restrict side-to-side movement of the spreader rod, with respect to the leg member, when the chair is unfolded.
The chair of claim 6, further comprising a leg swing strap for each side of the chair, the leg swing strap pivotally connecting the leg member and the spreader rod, the contact pad being mounted toward the end of the spreader rod from the leg swing strap.
Spreader rod 40 is prevented from sliding down the inclined surface of rear leg member 40 by swing straps, that is, short pivotal linkage members, pivotally connecting spreader rod 30 and inclined leg member 40.
An eighth leg 18 extends up through the fabric at the needle hole 10, and a ninth leg 19 on the upper side of the fabric extends from the needle hole 10 to the edge 6 of the fabric where the thread is formed into a third bight 20.
Similarly, the fourth leg 15a and seventh leg 17a are contiguous, parallel and adjacent to simulate a whip stitch on the lower surface of the fabric.
The second and ninth legs 13, 19 lie at an acute angle relative to the fabric edge; and, the fourth and seventh legs 15a, 17a lie at an opposite acute angle relative to the fabric edge.