Back support with means to secure the belt on the wearer while in an open position

A back support for a human user comprising an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining said support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, means secured to the support belt for releasably maintaining said belt in an open position in which the support belt free ends are unattached to each other, and a second belt for maintaining said support belt in place about a human user when said support belt is in its open position.

A back support for a human user comprising an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining said support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, and means secured to the support belt for releasably maintaining said belt in an open position in which the support belt free ends are unattached to each other, further including a lower back pad releasably secured to said support belt on an inner surface thereof and at approximately the midpoint between said free ends, means for vertically adjusting the back pad with respect to the support belt, said means for vertically adjusting said back pad including hook and pile fasteners which extend vertically along said midpoint of said belt, said back pad having beads secured thereto.

A back support for a human user comprising an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining said support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, and means secured to the support belt for releasably maintaining said belt in an open position in which the support belt free ends are unattached to each other, further including a lower back pad releasably secured to said support belt on an inner surface thereof and at approximately the midpoint between said free ends, means for vertically adjusting the back pad with respect to the support belt, said means for vertically adjusting said back pad including hook and pile fasteners which extend vertically along said midpoint of said belt, said back pad having a bead pattern formed therein.

A back support garment comprising:

• a garment body having a garment front and a garment back defining an inside and an outside of the garment, said garment body being suitably sized for a torso of a human wearer;
• an elastic support belt having first and second free ends and means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining the support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle the human wearer, said free ends of the elastic support belt being foldable back on themselves, the elastic support belt further including means for releasably securing the free ends in the folded back position.

A back support for a human user comprising an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining said support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, and means secured to the support belt for manually adjusting the effective length of the support belt along a longitudinal line spaced from the longitudinal axis of the belt so that the belt on one side of the longitudinal axis has an effective length shorter than the effective length on the other side of the longitudinal axis, the manually adjusting means including a pair of straps fixedly secured at one end to the belt, and removably securable at the other end to the belt such that the position of removable securement of the straps to the belt determines the effective length of the support belt along said longitudinal line.

A back support sport vest comprising:

• a sport vest body having a vest front and a vest back defining an inside and an outside of the vest, said vest body being suitably sized for a torso of a human wearer;
• an elastic support belt disposed inside the vest body and secured thereto, said elastic support belt having first and second free ends and means secured to the support belt for releasably joining said free ends for maintaining the support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle the human wearer;
• the sport vest body defining a cut-out in the vest front, said elastic support belt being disposed behind said cut-out for easy access thereto by the human wearer.