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Golf Jox, Inc.

James Arsenault

Paul Iskyan

Vijay Vad

John Koetz

A back support system has a belt portion that is configured to provide back and abdominal support encircling a wearer's waist, a compression pants portion and a hot or cold pack providing therapy to a wearer's lumbosacral region. The belt portion has left and right portions and a rear portion that extends upwardly from a cutout of the rear portion of the compression pants and it is attached fixedly to it. The rear portion of the belt portion has a pack support structure for receiving a hot or cold pack so as to maintain hot or cold therapy on the wearer's back. A front core support structure provides abdominal support that in combination with the back support supports the entire core of the wearer's body. The garment can be changed to an immobilizing brace device by inserting optional rigid inserts.

Back support garment apparatus

Cold pack

Self-heating pack

A one-piece back support apparatus comprises a belt portion being configured to provide back and abdominal support encircling a wearer's waist and a compression pants portion. The belt portion has a front portion, a back portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and an inner surface. The compression pants portion secured to the belt is configured to provide support for the wearer's pelvis, legs, and groin area. The inner surface of the belt has one or more pack support portions with slots for receiving one or more gel packs so as to maintain contact between the gel packs and the wearer's back. Slots in the belt portion may accommodate vertically extending inserts of rigid plastic to reinforce the belt portion over the lumbar region of the wearer.

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East Williston, NY, United States of America

James Arsenault