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US 6,640,366 B1Granted
Lumbar reinforcement device
OwnerAndrew Dravesinventor
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Abstract
A lumbar reinforcement device for supporting the lower back of a contacting human body, including two cushionable structures connectively separated by a center structure, wherein the cushionable structures define inner spaces which hold removable inserts containing a deformably cushionable supporting material, said cushionable structures being deformable upon contact with a human body and which moldably deform to the shape of the contacting human body to provide support thereto.
Claims11
A lumbar reinforcement device, which comprises:
- two cushionable structures connectively separated by a sheet-like center structure, wherein said cushionable structures include pillowcase like end structures which hold removable inserts, and wherein said cushionable structures are deformable on contact with the human body and moldably deform to the shape of said contacting human body;
- wherein each of said cushionable structures define inner spaces which hold removable inserts containing a deformably cushionable supporting material, said cushionable structures having a central portion connected to said sheet-like center structure and end portions thereof beneath and above said central portion, including an opening in an end portion of each cushionable structure for receiving said inserts;
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- wherein the device partly envelops and supports a human body when the human body is disposed on its side between said cushionable structures, with an individual positioned on the center structure between the cushionable structures, the cushionable structures drawn closer to the individual and the cushionable structures engaging the front and lower back of the individual, provided that when said contacting human body is disposed between said cushionable structures and the back of said body engages one of said cushionable structures an upward and lateral support is provided to the back of said contacting human body;
- including a sleeve forming said cushionable structures, including means for adjusting said cushionable structures so as to increase or decrease the distance therebetween, wherein said means for adjusting comprises means for adjusting the length of said center structure by moving said center structure relative to said sleeve, and fastening said center structure relative to said sleeve.
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