Patent ID: 6163887
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A41D,Y10S

Abstract:
A structure providing simulated shoulders elevated above a wearer's head for support of costumes or the like, comprising:a simulated shoulder platform of a width and length determined by the width and length required for a shoulder portion of the costume;support columns extending downwardly from the shoulder platform and terminating at the wearer's shoulders, each column attached at one end to the shoulder platform and spaced apart at least the largest lateral dimension of a wearer's head,the support columns formed of hollow flexible inflatable bladders attached to the shoulder platform at their tops, which columns when inflated provide sufficiently rigid columns for support, with the shoulder engaging column bottoms generally conforming to a wearer's shoulders in order to rest on the wearer's shoulders; andflexible means attached to the support columns to hold the structure to the wearer.