Patent ID: 6581226
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
An open frame and body support system comprising, in combination, a supporting frame and a body support, said supporting frame consisting essentially of a pair of elongated lower arms being formed coplanar on opposed sides of an imaginary vertical centerline plane, each of said lower arms having a front terminal end and a rear portion, and a lower connecting member connecting said rear portions of said lower arms thereby forming a lower supporting frame for placement on a supporting surface, at least one upwardly extending member arising from the rear portion of said lower supporting frame, a pair of elongated upper arms being formed coplanar on opposed sides of said imaginary vertical centerline plane, each of said upper arms having a front terminal end and a rear portion, and an upper connecting member connecting said rear portions of said upper arms thereby forming an upper supporting frame, the rear portion of said upper supporting frame being connected to the upper extent of said at least one upwardly extending member thereby creating said supporting frame that is open in at least the front and opposed sides thereof, said body support being secured to said pair of upper arms and traversing the open space there between, whereby a user can rest in a variety of positions while being supported by said body support while allowing the user's upper body limbs to rest or move unobtrusively there under.