Support harness
AssigneeRELAXBIRTH Oy
InventorTimo Kakko
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Abstract
This publication discloses a support harness, which can be used particularly to support a woman in labor during childbirth, but also, for example, to increase the support and comfort of persons and patients using a wheelchair, and for similar purposes. An attenuator (5, 7, 10, 14), which is based on the friction between two belts, is fitted, between the attachment elements (9-13) and the shoulder straps (3, 4), to the support harness, which comprises attachment elements (9-13), for attaching to a chair, birthing frame, or other support point, and two shoulder straps (3, 4), which are placed around the shoulders of the person being supported.
Claims7
A support harness for supporting a person in a position similar to a sitting position, comprising:
- attachment elements for attachment to a support point, and
- two shoulder straps, which can be fitted around the shoulders of the person being supported, attached to the attachment elements,
- wherein an attenuator, which is based on friction between two belts, is fitted between the attachment elements and the shoulder straps, the attenuator being positioned on a backside of the person, and
- the attenuator comprises an attachment ring, a main-belt loop and a band including a band loop and having a first end fixed to a triangular ring,
- ends of the shoulder straps are attached to the attachment ring and to the triangular ring, and
- both the main-belt loop and the band loop run through the attachment ring so that the attachment ring guides the band against an inner surface of the main-belt loop thereby a frictional force is generated between the band and the main-belt loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.