Patent ID: 9226845
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A41D,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A posture support brace comprising: a pair of contoured cap sleeves formed of an elastic material shaped to be centered over the acromio-clavicular joints of a user's shoulders, wherein each cap sleeve is formed of a first section and a second section joined together at a seam configured to rest over one of the acromio-clavicular joints of the user with the first section of each sleeve adapted to terminate over an end of the clavicle and the second section of each sleeve extending at an obtuse angle to said first section and adapted to terminate over the top of the humerus bone, the obtuse angle being formed by the central axes of the first section and the second section and being in the range of about 100-160 degrees, with each cap sleeve having an anterior section with a lower end terminating in straps adapted to extend under the respective axillas, and each cap sleeve having a posterior section with a lower end terminating in straps adapted to extend across the user's back, with the ends of each posterior extending strap being joined together at points adapted to rest over the user's spine below the user's neck and drawn toward a central portion of the user's waist by being joined to a top end of a central strap which is adapted to extend over the user's spine and terminates at its top end below the shoulders and at its lower end in a waist strap adapted to rest on the user's iliac crests, the straps being formed of a fabric having elasticity and being supported under tension to urge the shoulders rearwardly and downwardly toward the user's waist to center the user's weight over the user's spine to improve the user's posture.