Convertible arm supporting apparatus

An arm support apparatus comprising:

• a suspending member for extending over a shoulder of a user, the suspending member being elongate, the suspending member comprising:
• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions;
• the intermediate portion having an aperture therein forming laterally spaced sections of the intermediate portion on lateral sides of the aperture, the laterally spaced sections being formed of a flexible material such that the sections are adaptable to contours on opposite sides of the shoulder of the user to form a pocket for embracing a portion of the user's shoulder, the aperture being substantially centrally-located on the intermediate portion;
• connecting means located on each of the first and second end portions for removably connecting a distal end of the end portion to a location on the end portion toward the intermediate portion;
• wherein each of the connecting means comprises two components, a first component of the connecting means being mounted on the distal end of the end portion, a second component of the connecting means being mounted on the end portion between the first component and the intermediate portion;
• wherein the second component extends along a portion of a length of the end portion, wherein each of the end portions having a length, the second component extending along approximately one-third of the length of the end portion;
• wherein the end portions each have opposite sides, the first and second components being mounted on a same one of the opposite sides of the end portions;
• wherein a width of the intermediate portion being greater than a width of the first and second end portions, the width of the intermediate portion being approximately three to five times the width of the first and second end portions;
• wherein the first and second end portions each have a substantially uniform width, the first and second end portions having substantially equal widths;
• an arm receiving member for cradling a portion of the user's arm, the arm receiving member defining a channel for positioning a forearm of the user therein, the arm receiving member having a first end and a second end, the arm receiving member including a first mounting means for removably mounting the first end portion of the suspending member and a second mounting means for removably mounting the second end portion of the suspending member;
• wherein the channel of the arm receiving member is substantially open at the first end and substantially closed at the second end, the arm receiving member comprising a base wall and side walls, the side walls extending from the base wall, the side walls extending generally perpendicular to the base wall an end wall extending from the base wall at the second end of the arm receiving member;
• wherein the first mounting means is mounted on the arm receiving member adjacent to the first end thereof and the second mounting means is mounted on the arm receiving member adjacent to the second end thereof;
• wherein the first and second mounting means each comprise a loop mounted on the arm receiving member for receiving a portion of the end portion of the suspending member.

An arm support apparatus comprising:

• an elongate suspending member for extending over a shoulder of a user, the suspending member comprising:
• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions;
• connecting means located on each of the first and second end portions for removably connecting a distal end of the end portion to a location on the end portion toward the intermediate portion to form a loop for receiving a portion of the forearm of the user;
• and
• wherein the intermediate portion has an aperture therein forming laterally spaced sections of the intermediate portion on lateral sides of the aperture, the laterally spaced sections being formed of a flexible material such that the sections are adaptable to contours on opposite sides of the shoulder of the user to form a pocket for embracing a portion of the user's shoulder;
• an arm receiving member for cradling a portion of the user's arm, the arm receiving member defining a channel for positioning a forearm of the user therein, the arm receiving member having a first end and a second end;
• wherein the arm receiving member includes a first mounting means for removably mounting the first end portion of the suspending member and a second mounting means for removably mounting the second end portion of the suspending member;
• and
• wherein the first and second mounting means each comprise a loop mounted on the arm receiving member for receiving a portion of the end portion of the suspending member.