Patent ID: 6427695
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A back protection shield for protecting user's backbone, constituted by at least one anatomic shell body made of substantially rigid material longitudinally extending so as to cover, in use, a substantial portion of a user's backbone, said shell body including a concave inner surface designed to face a user's back and a convex outer surface opposite to said inner surface, said at least one shell body comprising:a first section constituting an upper shell body; a second section constituting a lower shell body; at least one series of stiffening ribs spaced from one another, said stiffening ribs extending at least partly in a transverse direction; and hinging means for joining said first and second sections so that the lower shell body is movable independently from said upper shell body, and wherein said hinging means are made of inserted, resiliently yieldable material, which is secured to said upper shell body at a first end thereof and to said lower shell body at a second end thereof.