Men's or Women's True-Fitting Contour Support Waist Belt
OwnerRussell Buellinventor
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Abstract
A waist belt for use with pants, trousers, jeans, or slacks has contour support portions formed or attached at locations that correspond to front and back recesses in the human body at the waist line. Favorably there is a back support portion to be located at the small of the back and left and right support portions at locations where the torso meets the respective upper legs. These can be of a length and thickness for the given wearer and positioned on the inside surface of the belt strap portion for the wearer to provide a custom fit. These may be formed with the belt strap, affixed to the strap or repositionably attached, e.g., with buttons, snaps or Velcro or another hook-loop system.
Claims14
A waist belt with contour support portions to conform to natural contours of the human body, said natural contours including at least a back concave recess at the location of the spine of the wearer and at least left and right concave recesses located to the left and right of the front center of the wearer;
- the waist belt comprising:
- an elongated strap portion adapted for encircling the waist of a human wearer, having a length sufficient at least to encircle said waist, a width in the vertical direction when worn, and a predetermined thickness and having an inner side facing the wearer when the belt is worn;
- at least one contour support member affixed onto the inner side of said elongated strap and positioned so as to support at least one of said concave recesses, each said contour support member including a portion that extends in an inward direction from the inner side of said strap portion at a location corresponding to the location of a respective one of said concave recesses when the belt is being worn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.