Patent ID: 8156932
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to relieve menstrual cramping, the apparatus comprising: one or more pads, wherein each pad has an outer side and an inner side; one or more straps, wherein each strap has a first end and a second end at the opposite portion thereof, as well as an outer side and an inner side, wherein at least one strap is affixed at its inner side to the outer side of the one or more pads; a fastener having a first fastener portion attached to the first end and a corresponding second fastener portion attached to the second end of each of the one or more straps; and a constricting device operable with the one or more straps and the one or more pads to create a compression force onto each of the one or more pads when the fastener portions are connected to each other, wherein the compression force is sufficient for decreasing a stretching of tendons and ligaments surrounding a uterus, thus relaxing tissue and alleviating menstrual cramping when the apparatus is secured to a torso of a user.