Patent ID: 7017525
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: A61G,A62B

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting a muscular-incapacitated person, said method comprising the steps of: fitting support and recipient harnesses onto an assisting person and a muscular-incapacitated person, respectively, each of said harnesses having left- and right-handed shoulder straps each of which comprise first and second ends; attaching to said left- and right-handed shoulder straps of each harness a horizontal support member to hold together and maintain a parallel relation of said left- and right-handed shoulder straps as said harness is being worn; equipping each harness with a waist belt which is slidably positioned through a plurality of support guides fixedly connected to distal and proximal sides of said left- and right-handed shoulder straps of said harness, said waist belt having first and second ends fitted through a waist buckle for tighteningly holding said first and second ends of said left- and right-handed shoulder straps of said harness near and about a wearer's waistline; and connecting together said support and recipient harnesses in a frontal arrangement with one another to achieve maximum coordination of movement for less strenuous effort during the activity of lifting using first and second supporting tethers, said first supporting tether having one end affixed to the proximal side of said left-handed shoulder strap of said support harness and a second end equipped with a quick-release fastener for engaging a support ring mounted onto a second end of a first mounting strap extending outwardly from the proximal side of said right-handed shoulder strap of said recipient harness, said second supporting tether having one end affixed to the proximal side of said right-handed shoulder strap of said support harness and a second end equipped with a quick-release fastener for engaging a support ring mounted onto a second end of a second mounting strap extending outwardly from the proximal side of said left-handed shoulder strap of said recipient harness, said first and second mounting straps each comprise first ends fixedly attached to the proximal side of said right- and left-handed shoulder straps of said recipient harness, respectively.