Patent ID: 6435185
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A41D,A47G

Abstract:
A portable arm support adapted to be worn like a sweater, especially useful for travelers or for persons undergoing medical treatment, who must sit for extended time periods, comprising:a) a main body divided into a front and rear and enclosing lower arms, elbows, upper arms, shoulders, neck and back, b) said main body made of a flexible, knitted fabric and having darts at said front near the shoulders and elbows, and said front having a shape approximating that of a square, and including a horizontal envelope, c) said horizontal envelope secured across said main body such that when said elbows are bent, said lower arms rest comfortably within said envelope, d) said body having horizontal and vertical edges, said edges being bound on said front by underlying strips of rigid, non-flexible fabric, one of said strips binding said horizontal edges extending past said vertical edges, said body and said strips forming an arc around said shoulder and neck that extends around said rear, said body terminating at said rear into two arcuate portions bound by said strip below said rear of said neck, said arcuate portions devolving into vertical edges, said vertical edges being integral with a lower edge in the shape of an ellipse, said lower rear edge being bound by an underlying non-rigid binding strip that is butted with an underlying, flexible binding strip at the approximate height of said wearer's underarms, said flexible binding occupying a predominant amount of circumference of said ellipse, e) a pair of press fasteners secured on respective under and over surfaces of said arcuate terminating portions, said fasteners securing said arcuate portions together when said portions are overlapped.