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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Natick, MA (US);
Trevor H. Scott, Boston, MA (US);
John A. Kirejczyk, Marlborough, MA (US);
William F. Carney, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and systems are provided. For example, in one embodiment of apparatus an upper back-plate includes shoulder supports and a connector. The apparatus also includes an articulating spine adapted to connect to the upper back-plate connector. The articulating spine includes a plurality of vertebra. Each vertebra a longitudinal bore. Some vertebra is adapted to mate with another vertebra Compressible discs are provided having a bore adapted to reside on each vertebra. A lower back-plate includes a receiving portion adapted to one end of the articulating spine. A chord interconnects each vertebra by insertion of the chord through the vertebrae bores, a bore in the upper back-plate, and a bore in a lower back-plate. The lower back-plate is adapted to connect to a hip mounted belt. Other embodiments are provided that include apparatuses and systems having features similar to the system described above.