Patent ID: 6485445
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An arm support apparatus comprising:a suspending member for extending over a shoulder of a user, the suspending member being elongate, the suspending member comprising: a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions; connecting means located on each of the first and second end portions for removably connecting a distal end of the end portion to a location on the end portion toward the intermediate portion to form a loop for receiving a portion of the forearm of the user; and wherein the intermediate portion has an aperture therein forming laterally spaced sections of the intermediate portion on lateral sides of the aperture, the laterally spaced sections being formed of a flexible material such that the sections are adaptable to contours on opposite sides of the shoulder of the user to form a pocket for embracing a portion of the user's shoulder; wherein each of the connecting means comprises two components, a first component of the connecting means being mounted on the distal end of the end portion, a second component of the connecting means being mounted on the end portion between the first component and the intermediate portion.