# US 10,765,550 B2 · Apparatus for fixing bad posture

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- Number: US 10,765,550 B2
- Document ID: US10765550B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/595,703
- Filed: 2017-05-15
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-13
- Applicants: Sheena Jean Nadeau
- Inventors: Sheena Jean Nadeau
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765550B2

## CPC

- A61F 5/024: {having pressure pads connected in a frame for reduction or correction of the curvature of the spine}
- A61F 5/026: {Back straightening devices with shoulder braces to force back the shoulder to obtain a correct curvature of the spine (for clavicle fractures A61F5/05808; restraining devices A61F5/37)}
- A61F 5/028: {Braces for providing support to the lower back, e.g. lumbo sacral supports}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

An apparatus for fixing bad posture includes a support rod, multiple length-adjustable straps, and multiple strap-attachment points. The apparatus for fixing bad posture prevents the user from slouching by affixing the support rod to the user's back with the straps. The support rod is a rigid member that is placed against a user's back. The support rod has a rod body, a mounting face, and a bracing face. The rod body is the structural component of the support rod. The bracing face and mounting face are positioned on opposite lateral surfaces of the rod body. Thus positioned, the bracing face is pressed against the user's back when correcting posture. The strap-attachment points are connection mechanisms for the length-adjustable straps that are distributed along the length of the support rod. As such, each of the length-adjustable straps is attached to the support rod by a corresponding strap-attachment point.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for fixing bad posture comprising:
a support rod;
a plurality of length-adjustable straps;
a plurality of strap-attachment points;
the support rod comprising a rod body, a mounting face and a bracing face;
the mounting face and the bracing face being laterally positioned along the rod body;
the mounting face and the bracing face being positioned opposite to each other about the rod body;
the plurality of strap-attachment points being serially distributed along the rod body;
the rod body comprising a pair of bars;
the rod body being of V-shaped by the pair of bars being connected with each other and being oriented with each other via an acute angle, an obtuse angle or a right angle;
each of the plurality of strap-attachment points comprising a pair of slots, a corresponding slot among the pair of slots traversing through a corresponding bar among the pair of bars from the mounting face to the bracing face, the pair of slots being positioned offset from each other, each of the pair of slots being oriented parallel to a length of the support rod;
each of the plurality of length-adjustable straps being engaged to a corresponding point from a plurality of selected points, wherein the plurality of selected points are from the plurality of strap-attachment points;
each of plurality of length-adjustable straps traversing through each of the pair of slots of the corresponding point;
each of the plurality of length-adjustable straps comprising a first end portion, a central portion, a second end portion and an adjustable fastener;
the central portion being positioned in between the first end portion and the second end portion; and
the first end portion and the second end portion being attached to each other by the adjustable fastener.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for fixing bad posture as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
a padding material; and
the padding material being superimposed onto the bracing face.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for fixing bad posture as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
the plurality of selected points comprising a head-proximal point, a chest-proximal point, and a waist-proximal point;
the chest-proximal point being positioned offset from the head-proximal point along the support rod; and
the waist-proximal point being positioned offset from the chest-proximal point along the support rod, opposite to the head-proximal point.