Patent ID: 9510968
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A back brace apparatus fittable to a human torso, the back brace apparatus comprising: a belt configured to be worn around a waist of the human torso; a bending sensor comprising an elongated tab disposed on a front portion of the belt and adapted to be vertically aligned with the human torso and configured to detect a change event of the human torso by being deflected by a stomach portion of the torso; a back brace adjustment system capable of changing a state of the back brace apparatus between a tensioned state when the torso is in a bending position and a relaxed state when the torso is in a standing position; and a controller configured to control the back brace adjustment system to change the state of the back brace apparatus in response the sensor detecting the change event; wherein the elongated tab is formed in a U-shape having a first portion disposed on an interior surface of the front portion of the belt, a second portion disposed on an exterior surface of the front portion of the belt and a U-shaped portion formed over a top edge of the belt connecting the first portion and the second portion.