Wearable support structure and method of supporting a torso
AssigneeBecq B.V.
InventorsGiuseppe Radaelli, Emile Johannes Rosenberg, Milton Edward Aguirre, Anna Christina Verkuyl, Boudewijn Martin Wisse
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AssigneeBecq B.V.
InventorsGiuseppe Radaelli, Emile Johannes Rosenberg, Milton Edward Aguirre, Anna Christina Verkuyl, Boudewijn Martin Wisse
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The invention relates to a wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over. The wearable support structure comprises a frame having at least one stay provided with a chest support for bearing upon a chest area, a lumbar support for bearing upon a lumbar area, and a thigh support for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area. The stay is a flexible stay arranged such that it is in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of a human body when being unloaded. Further, the stay is arranged to be biased back to said stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a forward leaning position of a human body.
A wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over, comprising a frame having at least one stay provided with a chest support for bearing upon a chest area, a lumbar support for bearing upon a lumbar area, and a thigh support for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area, wherein the at least one stay is a flexible stay arranged such that it is in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of a human body when being unloaded, and arranged to be biased back to said stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a forward leaning position of a human body.
A wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over, comprising a frame having at least one upper stay part for support against a torso of a human body and at least one lower stay part for support against an upper leg of a human body, wherein the upper stay part and the lower stay part are pivotably connected to each other, wherein between the upper and lower stay parts at least one pivoting arrangement is provided, comprising a biasing means connected to the upper and lower stay parts spaced apart from a pivot axis between the upper and lower stay parts, the pivot arrangement arranged such that when the upper and lower stay parts are pivoted around the pivot axis from a stretched position to a position including a first angle, the biasing means provide for an increasing biasing moment biasing the stay back to the stretched position and when pivoting further around said pivot axis from the said angle the biasing moment is substantially maintained or decreases.
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