Head and torso restraint
OwnerArthur M. Yetter, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An accessory for an arm chair for use by a patient seated therein wherein a headband secured about the patient's head is attached to a strap at the back which is tied at the back of the chair to limit the degree of forward movement of the patient's head and wherein a pillow is placed adjacent each side of the patient in between each thigh of the patient and each side of the chair and wherein each pillow has attached thereto a strap which extends over a proximate shoulder of the patient and tied to the back of the chair for the purpose of restraining lateral movement of the patient's torso.
Claims8
In combination with a chair having arm supports, a human head and torso restraint for supporting a user's head and torso while seated in said chair comprising means for limiting forward flexion movement being attached to said chair, means for limiting lateral flexion of the user's torso, said means for limiting lateral flexion of the user's torso being attached to said chair, said means for limiting lateral flexion of the user's torso further comprising a left means for limiting left lateral flexion in combination with a right means for limiting right lateral flexion, wherein said left and right means each comprises a pillow covered by a pillow case placed adjacent a side of the user in between the user and an arm support and having a means for interconnecting each said pillow case and said chair whereby lateral flexion of a user's torso is restrained by said pillow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.