A harness for maintaining a person seated in a chair in an erect posture, said harness comprising:
- an anchoring member comprising a continuous and imperforate first flexible strap and a first sliding clip having means defining at least two slots formed in said sliding clip for accepting passage of said first flexible strap and enabling frictional retention of said first flexible strap, said first flexible strap forming a closed loop having a circumference when an end of said first flexible strap is passed through said first sliding clip;
- a support member comprising
- a continuous and imperforate second flexible strap having a proximal end and and a distal end, a buckle attached to said second flexible strap at said distal end thereof, and a second sliding clip having means defining at least two slots formed in said second sliding clip for accepting passage of said second flexible strap and enabling frictional retention of said second flexible strap, said second flexible strap forming a closed loop for engaging said anchoring member, said closed loop of said second flexible strap formed at said distal end of said second flexible strap by passing said second flexible strap through said second sliding clip, and
- a continuous and imperforate third flexible strap, and a third sliding clip having a proximal end and a distal end, means defining at least two slots formed in said third sliding clip for accepting passage of said third flexible strap and enabling frictional retention of said third flexible strap, said third flexible strap having a closed loop for engaging said anchoring member formed at said distal end of said third flexible strap by passing said distal end of said third flexible strap through said third sliding clip;
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- attachment apparatus for attaching said second flexible strap to said anchoring member at a point along said circumference of said anchoring member and for attaching said third flexible strap to said anchoring member at a second point along said circumference of said anchoring member, said first point along said circumference and said second point along said circumference being different points, said attachment means comprising two pairs of mating, separable members,
- one member of each pair of mating, separable member terminating in a sliding clip for engaging said first flexible strap of said anchoring member and
- the other member of each pair of mating, separable members terminating in a loop for engaging one of said second flexible strap and said third flexible strap, whereby said anchoring member may be fastened around the back of a chair, said second flexible strap being separably attachable to said anchoring member at a point along said circumference of said anchoring member by said attachment apparatus, and said third flexible strap being separably attachable to said anchoring member at a different point along said circumference of said anchoring member, and said second flexible strap and said third flexible strap being mutually connectable by said buckle, thereby encircling the torso of the person seated in the chair.