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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1994
David D Chase, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gary D Shumate, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Joel A Joslin, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Paul K Meunchen, Holland, MI (US);
Chase Ergonomics Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A back support for a human user includes an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, members secured to the support belt for releasably joining the free ends for maintaining the belt in a closed position in which it forms a closed surface adapted to encircle a human user, and structure secured to the support belt for releasably maintaining the belt in an open position in which the support belt free ends are unattached to each other. A related back support garment includes a garment body having a garment front and a garment back defining an inside and an outside of the garment, the garment body being suitably sized for a human wearer. An elastic support belt is disposed inside the garment body and secured thereto. The elastic support belt has first and second free ends and also has structure for releasably joining the free ends for maintaining the support belt in a closed position in which the support belt forms a closed surface adapted to encircle the human wearer.