Patent ID: 6260210
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Waist band of non-stretchable materials intended as an aid to weight reduction, to long-term maintainance of a weight reduction and to preventing fatness in persons having normal weight, characterized in that the band (1) has a first end which is attached to a first side of a one-way locking mechanism (2) and has a second, free end which is adapted for encircling the waist of a wearer and which is locked in the one-way locking mechanism (2) by insertion of the second end of the band (1) into a second side of the locking mechanism (2) which is opposite to the first side of the locking mechanism (2) so that the first and second ends of the waist band (1) are parallel to each other when the second end is inserted in the locking mechanism (2) and that the one-way locking mechanism (2) only allows tightening of the band (1) around the waist but does not allow loosening thereof.