Patent ID: 7534158
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A maternal protector comprising: a back support device having (a) a front unit positioned over a mother's frontal exterior skin surface that overlays the mother's uterus area; (b) a strap that extends from the front unit toward the mother's back and covers a portion of the mother's back to secure the front unit over the frontal exterior skin surface that overlay's the mother's uterus area, and (c) a back unit that supports a portion of the mother's back; a first flexible protection device used during an early stage of gestation during the mother's pregnancy and a second flexible protection device, larger than the first flexible protection device, used in a latter stage of gestation during the mother's pregnancy; a pocket on the front unit; the pocket has a surface that contacts the mother's frontal exterior skin surface that overlays the mother's uterus area and is positioned over at least a portion of the frontal exterior skin surface that overlays the mother's uterus area, the pocket receives the first flexible protection device which is interchangeable with the second flexible protection device during the latter stage of gestation during the mother's pregnancy to provide the appropriate protection to the mother and the fetus.