Kevin R Hansen

US Patent:

8113911, Feb 14, 2012

Filed:

Nov 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/614753

Inventors:

Kevin Hansen - Bellevue WA, US
Jessica St Marie - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Expecting Support - North Bend WA

International Classification:

A41C 3/00

US Classification:

450155, 450 86, 450 14

Abstract:

A maternity body support worn for correcting a woman's posture that includes an expandable body shell with a lower torso section, an upper torso section, a back section, and an abdominal opening. Mounted on the body shell is a pair of lower anchors located on opposite sides of the body, a pair of upper anchors located near the upper lateral region of the chest, a pair of elastic first support straps, and a pair of elastic second support straps. The first support straps attach to the lower anchors and then extend upward and around the back and coupled to the opposite shoulder complexes. The second support straps extend between the lower and upper anchors on each side of the body. The body shell, the two pairs of anchors and the two pairs of straps support the body and simultaneously rotate the opposite pelvis backwards and move the opposite shoulder complexes towards the mid-line.