Patent ID: 6440094
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An orthopedic method for dynamically enhancing proper posture of a patient, comprising the steps of:applying to the patient an elastic base-garment comprising left and right shoulder pads, a waist band, and a stocking portion interconnecting the shoulder pads and waist band; providing the shoulder pads and waist band with hook-fastener securing areas; providing a pair of diagonally-crossing casements on the back of the garment, the casements extending between catercorner exits including upper exits at or below the shoulder pads and lower exits at or above the waist band; providing a pair of elastic halters with hook-fastener tag ends; pairing the halters with the casements and feeding the halters therethrough; securing the halter's hook fasteners to the base garment's hook-fastener securing areas such that one halter supplies tension between an origin on the front of the right shoulder pad and a termination on the waist band either on the left side or over the abdomen, by a course stretching over the patient's trapezius and then diagonally across the back to around the patient's left side, as the other halter supplies tension between an origin on the front of the left shoulder pad and another termination on the waist band either on the right side or over the abdomen, by a course stretching over the patient's trapezius and then diagonally across the back to around the patient's right side; wherein the halters provide diagonally-crossing filaments of tension across the patient's back in order to oppose slouching and thereby enhance proper erect posture, as the casements afford maintenance of the courses of the halters despite such contortions as concurrent twisting and bending sideways.