Patent ID: 6349437
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A body support for posturing the torso of a person lying in a fetal position, said support includes:a top section and a bottom section that are symmetrical about a common axial centerline, said top section having a thickness that is about equal to that of the bottom section and said section having parallel front and back walls, said top section includes an upper wall, and said top section containing a chin rest located along the upper wall of said top section and a pair of opposed arm grooves formed in opposite side walls thereof to a depth to allow the arms of a user to pass freely therethrough so that a user lying in a fetal position with the user's chin in said chin rest can wrap the arms about the top section and draw the front wall of the top section against the user's chest thereby opening the chest region, wherein said chin rest is an arcuate shaped indentation formed in said upper wall of the top section, and said bottom section containing a pair of opposed leg grooves formed in opposed side walls thereof of positioning the leg of a user a given axial distance from said chin rest such that the user's spine is supported in an erect position.