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US 9,005,148 B2Granted
Orthotic head and neck support
AssigneeMatrix Seating Limited
InventorSteven John Cousins
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InventorSteven John Cousins
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A kit of parts for forming an orthotic head support. The kit includes at least one frame having a plurality of arms extending from a central region. Examples of such frames are W-frames, Y-frames and H-frames. The kit further includes at least one extension connectable to a frame. Such extension members include straight extensions, L-shaped extensions, and extension with two elements at an acute angle to one another. The kit has elements for attaching the extensions to the frames. The frames and extensions may have lines of reduced stiffness formed therein about which they are preferentially bendable to conform the support to the shape of a wearer's head and/or neck. The kit further includes padding members connected, or connectable, to the frames and/or extensions on the surfaces thereof which in use are to be adjacent the wearer.
A kit of parts for forming an orthotic head and neck support, comprising at least one frame having a plurality of arms extending from a central region, at least one extension connectable to the at least one frame, and means for attaching the at least one extension to the at least one frame, wherein at least one of said at least one frame and said at least one extension is bendable to conform the support to the shape of at least one of a wearer's head and neck, the kit further comprising padding members connectable to at least one of the at least one frame and said at least one extension on the surface thereof which in use is to be adjacent the wearer, the kit further comprising a mounting bracket for attaching the orthotic head and neck support to a chair, a bed, or another structure in which the wearer may sit or lie.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.