Patent ID: 11951023
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A harness for coupling a prosthesis to a user having a back, a torso, a chest, breasts, and an upper residual limb on a first side of the user, the harness having opposing first and second sides divided by a sagittal plane, the first side of the harness corresponding to the first side of the user, said harness comprising:
a front portion that is configured to extend across the chest of the user and receive at least a portion of the breasts of the user therein, wherein the front portion has opposed lateral sides;
a back portion that is configured to extend across the back of the user and couple to the opposed lateral sides of the front portion;
a support strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the support strap is configured to couple to a socket of the prosthesis at a first anchor point on the first side of the harness, wherein the second end is coupled to the back portion on the second side of the harness; and
a second anchor point at which the front portion of the harness is configured to couple to the socket of the upper arm prosthesis,
wherein the harness comprises a first shoulder strap that defines a portion of the front portion of the harness and a portion of the rear portion of the harness, wherein the harness comprises a third anchor point that is configured to couple the first shoulder strap to the socket of the upper arm prosthesis.