Individual Body Support System
AssigneeEmerald Touch, Inc.
InventorMichael C. Glenn
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Abstract
A body support system (100) having a frame with a vertical section (108) that couples with a shoulder section and a hip section that are flexible and configured to fit over the shoulders and around a user's hips. The hip elements are coupled to the vertical section (108) and allow limited pelvic rotation around vertical axis orthogonal to the vertical section (108). The hip elements are configured to use a latching hip strap to couple hip padding to the hip elements. The vertical section (108) may have spinal padding for the thoracic portion of the spine. The shoulder section has shoulder elements (101) are curved and coupled to form a yoke that fits over the shoulders. The yoke may couple to lifting straps. The vertical section (108) may be curved to conform to the shape of a user's back.
Claims16
A body support system comprising:
- (a) a vertical section extending in a vertical axis between first and second ends;
- (b) a shoulder section configured as a yoke with two shoulder elements joined at a base each configured to ride above and off a shoulder of a user to prevent shoulder loading, wherein the shoulder section is adjustably positioned along the vertical axis of the vertical section to conform to a size of the user and rigidly coupled the vertical section proximate to the first end;
- (c) a hip section with hip elements coupled at the second end, the hip elements configured to flex to conform to hips of the user, wherein and the hip section is rigidly coupled along the vertical axis and flexibly coupled in other directions allowing the user a range of motions relative to the vertical axis when secured in the body support system;
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- (d) an adjustable latching strap configured to couple to connectors on the hip section and secure the hip elements around hips of a user when tightened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.