Belt for improving posture and abdominal muscle training
OwnerAllessandra T. Sclichterinventor
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Abstract
A fabric belt includes a pair of segments formed of a non-elastic material coupled to an elastic material segment. The belt includes fabric attachment pads at its end portions to allow it to be secured to a wearer's torso. A sensor is secured across the elastic segment of the belt by a separate tension adjustment segment which is secured to one of the non-elastic segments by a second fabric attachment pad coupling. The sensor includes a motor and battery operatively coupled through a tension responsive switch. The motor rotates an off-center weight to produce a vibratory action when energized. As the user wears the belt, each time the user neglects to maintain proper muscle tightening the vibratory alert is produced by the sensor.
Claims18
A belt for improving posture and abdominal muscle training, said belt comprising:
- a waist belt portion having a resilient expandable segment and a pair of ends joinable to encircle a human torso in an adjustable waist tension;
- tension sensor having means for producing a vibratory prompt when said tension sensor is subjected to tension exceeding a predetermined magnitude;
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- means for securing said tension sensor to said waist belt portion spanning said resilient expandable portion so as to exert a tension force to said tension sensor when said resilient expandable portion is stretched,
- said means for securing including a sensor tension adjuster for establishing an initial tension applied to said tension sensor after said waist tension is adjusted.
A belt for improving posture and abdominal muscle training, said belt comprising:
- a first belt segment having first and second ends;
- a second belt segment having third and fourth ends;
- a third belt segment formed of a resilient material and having fifth and sixth ends joined to said fourth and second ends respectively;
- a tension sensor having a tension actuator coupled to said second end and an attachment;
- a fourth belt segment having a seventh end secured to said attachment and an eighth end;
- a first pair of fabric attachment pads secured to said first end and said third end;
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- a second pair of fabric attachment pads secured to said eighth end and said fourth end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.