Patent ID: 6398092
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A45F,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A new and improved carpenter's belt comprising:a belt structure made of a semi-rigid material and having a buckle on one end and holes in an opposite end forming a connectable coupling at a front of a wearer of said belt and a central section forming a lumbosacral support at a back of said wearer, said support being inwardly convex-like and having an increased height, both cephalad and caudoly, that extends laterally about said wearer, said lumbosacral support formed in part of a foam-like material, a plurality of interchangeable looped pouches carried by said belt structure, said pouches having respective Velcro strips to attached said pouches to said belt structure by mating said pouch strips with corresponding Velcro strips on said belt structure, and a pair of snaps secured to said central section of said belt structure and snaps secured to respective upper edges of said belt structure near said buckle and said holes for attachment of suspenders of said wearer, wherein said lumbosacral support of said belt fits in a lumbosacral area of a back of said wearer of said belt to provide support to said wearer's back and thereby inhibit injury to said wearer's back as said wearer performs manual tasks.