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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brock M Walker, Okemos, MI (US);
Edward E Timm, Freeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128845 ; 128846 ; 297284 ;
Abstract
A spinal support device for applying a directed and concentrated force on the sacrum to position the sacrum and pelvis to thereby establish a desired spinal posture when in a seated position. The device provides isolatable force on the sacrum from the sacral base line downwardly to a bottom seat surface and for a width across an individual's back approximately equal to twice the dimension of the posterior portion of the individual's sacrum.