A vest-type maternity belt, comprising:
- a maternity belt body provided in a shape of a vest so that a pregnant woman can wear it on an upper portion of her body;
- size adjusting coupling members configured such that female coupling members and a male coupling member are fixedly disposed on left and right sides of a front part of the maternity belt body, respectively, in vertical lengthwise directions so that the pregnant woman can wear the maternity belt while adjusting a size of the maternity belt body according to her months of pregnancy and such that a fastening function is provided so that her overall abdominal region can be surrounded and protected;
- hook fastener members configured such that hooks and loops are fixedly and oppositely disposed on left and right sides of a lower end portion of the front part of the maternity belt body, respectively, and such that an abdominal load of the pregnant woman can be borne by catching and fastening the hooks onto the loops;
- spine correction elastic bands formed as elastic members contained in a back part of the maternity belt body, and configured to support and correct a spine of the pregnant woman;
- left and right zipper opening and closing portions formed in a horizontal direction with a predetermined length on left and right sides of a center region of the front part of the maternity belt body, respectively, such that the left and right zipper opening and closing portions are selectively opened and closed and configured to adjust a level of pressure applied from the front part to the body by taking account characteristics of the abdominal region of the pregnant woman based on her months of pregnancy;
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- abdominal load bearing elastic bands formed as elastic members contained in the left and right sides of the front part of the maternity belt body and configured to support the abdominal load of the pregnant woman and to pull the abdominal region without sagging downward, the abdominal load bearing elastic bands and the spine correction elastic bands being made of a same material,
- wherein the hook fastener members are configured such that a female coupling strap is provided on an outside of the lower end portion of the front part of the maternity belt body and the loops are coupled and fixedly disposed onto the female coupling strap and such that a male coupling strap is provided on an inside of the lower end portion of the front part of the maternity belt body and the hooks are coupled and fixedly disposed onto the male coupling strap, thereby increasing force used to support the abdominal region;
- wherein the left and right zipper opening and closing portions are configured to be opened along the horizontal direction from a front centerline of the maternity belt body, thereby enabling a space regarding the center region of the front part of the maternity belt body to be adjusted;
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- wherein the abdominal load bearing elastic bands include:
- an abdominal load bearing band horizontally disposed on the lower end portion of the maternity belt body;
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- abdominal load pulling bands connected to the abdominal load bearing band at lower ends thereof, disposed in an upper lengthwise direction, extended up to a shoulder line, and connected to the spine correction elastic bands at upper ends thereof.