Patent ID: 7628157

Claim:
An anterior trunk vest, comprising: a lower portion comprising a top section and a bottom section, the lower portion comprising a first material, and the lower portion being arranged and configured to extend over at least a portion of an upper belly and lower ribs of a user when the anterior trunk vest is worn by a user, the bottom section of the lower portion being adapted and configured, when a user is wearing the anterior trunk vest, to be secured around the user's left and right sides to a structure that is positioned at least partly behind the user; shoulder straps connected to the top section of the lower portion such that, when the anterior trunk vest is worn by the user, each shoulder strap is attached to the top section at a location on an anterior of the user, each shoulder strap comprising a second material and having a free end that is securable to the structure and each shoulder strap being configured to extend, when a user is wearing the anterior trunk vest and the shoulder straps are secured to the structure, from the top section over the shoulders of a user and to the structure, the second material being more stretchable in a vertical direction than the first material is stretchable in a vertical direction such that, when the anterior trunk vest is positioned on a user and the bottom section of the lower portion and shoulder straps are attached to the structure that is positioned at least partly behind the user, the user can lean forward away from the structure without the lower portion substantially crawling upward on the trunk of the user.