Patent ID: 7843351

Claim:
A back training device, comprising: a portable control box; a detector mounted to the portable control box for detecting when a person bends at the waist beyond a user selectable set point and for measuring a number of degrees associated with how far the person bends at the waist, wherein the detector is configured to be worn by the person such that the detector is positioned upon the person's body to measure bending at the waist; a set button mounted on the portable control box and operatively connected to the detector for setting the user selectable set point, wherein the person sets a user selectable set point while wearing the detector by bending over to a maximum desired angle and by pressing the set button while being bent over to the maximum desired angle, such that the user selectable set point is defined as the maximum desired bending angle of the person; an alert means operatively connected to the detector and mounted to the portable control box for alerting the person each time the person bends at the waist beyond an alert point, wherein the alert point is the same as the user selectable set point, such that the alert means alerts the user each time the user bends beyond the user selectable set point, thereby providing negative feedback to the person each time the person bends at the waist beyond the user selectable set point, thereby training the person to refrain from bending beyond the user selectable set point, wherein the alert means is activated by the detector when it is detected that the person has bent at the waist beyond the user selectable set point; a memory configured to store data corresponding to when the person bends at the waist beyond the user selectable set point, wherein the memory is configured to function as a logic/counter storage device, wherein data is stored each time the person bends at the waist beyond the user selectable set point, the stored data comprising a date, a time, and the number of degrees associated with how far the person bends at the waist; a display operatively connected to the detector configured to display data stored by the memory; and a processor operatively connected to the memory and the display to facilitate the display of data stored by the memory.