US 6,314,580 B1Granted

Upper body support jacket

OwnerBarbara L. Greenberg, Jack L. Greenberg +1inventors

InventorsBarbara L. Greenberg, Jack L. Greenberg, Amie S. Greenberg

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Abstract

Persons who work or engage in activities such as typing, working on a personal computer, sitting at a desk, sitting or standing, conversing on the telephone, working on a machine, or who engage in other activities which require them to remain in fixed nonphysiologic body positions for prolonged periods of time without the benefit of adequate stretching or movement often have poor posture, poor alignment and poor ergonomic body positioning. This poor posture leads to pain, soreness stiffness or other problems in the neck, shoulders, back of the head, back and mid and upper-spine. Persons in need of correct ergonomic body positioning can don a jacket whose novelty is in the angle and placement of the weight-bearing pockets which helps prevent injury, alleviate pain and soreness, stiffness and other problems associated with poor posture, poor alignment and poor ergonomic body positioning.

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Dependent claims

A jacket for maintaining proper body posture in an ergonomic position comprising:

a pair of sleeves;
a back section connected to right and left front sections which extend forward from said back section to form said jacket;
said front sections having a zipper fastener member for detachably securing the right and left sections together;
the front and back sections have inner and outer surfaces respectively;
a pair of first weight bearing pockets stitched to said inner surface of the right and left front sections of said jacket;
a pair of second weight bearing pockets stitched to an upper portion of said inner surface of said back section of the jacket;
the pair of first and second weight-bearing pockets are positioned at an angle of 30 to 50 degrees symmetrically from the vertical axis of the spine;
a single weight inserted into each of the pair of first and second weight-bearing pockets;
a hook and loop fastener stitched at a top edge of each of the pair first and second pockets for detachable attachment to a complementary fastener stitched to the inner surface of the jacket in order to retain the weight therein;
wherein the jacket maintains proper body posture in an ergonomic position.

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