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US 5,120,288 AGranted
Posture training support
AssigneeMayo Foundation of Medical Education and Research
InventorMehrsheed Sinaki
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Abstract
The specification discloses a method and support for posture training. The support comprises a pouch for holding one or more weights. The pouch is positionable on the back of a patient below the inferior angle of the patient's scapulae by means of adjustable clavicle straps secured to the pouch.
Claims17
A posture training support consisting essentially of:
- a rectangular pouch adapted to be worn on the back of a patient, said pouch having an approximate length and width of no greater than about eight inches and no greater than about four inches, respectively, said pouch having a thickness sufficiently thin that said pouch can be unobtrusively worn under the patient's clothing;
- weight means located in said pouch;
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- relatively thin and narrow clavicle straps secured to said pouch and adapted to locate said pouch below the inferior angle of the patient's scapulae.
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A posture training device to be worn on the back of a patient, consisting essentially of:
- a pouch open along an upper end and having first and second interior walls, said pouch having dimensions so as to lie in close conformity with the patient's back and be unobtrusively worn under the patient's clothing;
- weight means disposed within said pouch through said open end, said weight means having a shape adapted to remain within said pouch in a substantially preferred orientation;
- means disposed within the opening along the upper end of the pouch and attached to said first and second interior walls for sealing said pouch;
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- a first and a second clavicle strap assembly secured to said pouch for locating said pouch below an inferior angle of the patient's scapulae.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.