Patent ID: 9687378
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A hands-free shoulder alignment indicator for use with an athletic training system configured to indicate a posture and an alignment of a wearer's shoulders and back/spine during an athletic movement comprising: a substantially rigid horizontal member having unrestrained opposed free ends, wherein the horizontal member is adapted for overlying an upper back of the wearer such that the opposed free ends thereof align with and extend beyond the shoulders of the wearer; a substantially rigid vertical member having unrestrained opposed free ends, adapted for overlying the back/spine of the wearer; and a holder for securing the horizontal member and the vertical member in a fixed orthogonal orientation relative each other; and a strap configured to maintain the holder centered on the back of the wearer between the wearer's shoulders such that the shoulder alignment of the wearer is indicated by the opposed free ends of the horizontal member extending beyond the wearer's shoulder and the back/spine alignment of the wearer is indicated by the opposed free ends of the vertical member during the wearer's performance of the athletic movement.