Patent ID: 9538852
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A45C,A47B,A47C,F16M

Claim:
1. Stabilizing apparatus for inclined legs of a subject in a supine or reclined position, comprising: a) a single thigh engageable portion extending generally transversally along the width of the lap of a subject with which said apparatus is bodily engaged; b) two spaced appendage portions extending downwardly from a corresponding transversal end and a longitudinal central region of said thigh engageable portion, wherein each of said two appendage portions is positionable to be in contact with, or slightly spaced from, the lateral side of a thigh of said subject; c) a single foot engageable portion positionable on an underlying surface; d) two spaced elongated and flexible connecting elements having an unchangeable length, each of which connected by a first end thereof to a central region of one of said two appendage portions and fed through a corresponding aperture of said foot engageable portion and being spaced apart from the other connecting element between said one appendage portion and said foot engageable portion; and e) a tensioning device having a first opening through which one of said connecting elements is introducible and slidable and a second opening to which a second end of said one connecting element is secured, defining a first portion of said one connecting element extending from said one appendage portion to said foot engageable portion and a second portion of said one connecting element extending from said foot engageable portion to said tensioning device, said tensioning device operable for adjustment of a relative length of each of said first and second connecting element portions upon application of a tensioning or loosening force in a direction substantially along the length of said one connecting element whereby to controllably adjust the tension of the appendage portion, wherein said thigh engageable portion, said foot engageable portion, said two appendage portions, and each of said connecting elements define together only one closed loop which is suitably tensioned, following application of said tensioning force, to cause said two appendage portions to engage either side of the subject's lap to prevent relative transversal motion of inclined legs and said two connecting elements to resist a forward foot sliding motion of said inclined legs when said subject is in a supine or reclined position.