Patent ID: 7803127

Claim:
A supporting device for wear on a human body to counteract a weight force of a torso in a bent-over posture, the supporting device comprising: a first spring box adapted to be disposed at a first hip region; a second spring box adapted to be disposed at a second hip region; a first horizontally extending lateral cantilever inserted within said first spring box; a second horizontally extending lateral cantilever inserted within said second spring box; a first clamp cooperating with said first spring box and said first cantilever, wherein said first cantilever can pivot and be adjusted with respect to a straight path thereof; a second clamp cooperating with said second spring box and said second cantilever, wherein said second cantilever can pivot and be adjusted with respect to a straight path thereof, wherein said first and said second cantilevers extend from said first and said second spring boxes straight back and then around buttocks of a user and are length-adjustable along respective longitudinal axes thereof; a lumbar articulation located at a height of a lumbar vertebrae, said lumbar articulation having a first laterally horizontally departing holder for accepting and locking an inserted straight end of said first cantilever and a second laterally horizontally departing holder for accepting and locking an inserted straight end of said second cantilever, each of said first and said second holders having a guide slot and an adjusting screw; a pivoting cantilever extending from said lumbar articulation and locked in position by means of a lumbar screw, said pivoting cantilever adapted to extend upward on a back, and being height-adjustable along a longitudinal axis thereof; and an upper articulation cooperating at chest height with said pivoting cantilever to slide and rotate for height adjustment with respect to a longitudinal axis of said first and said second cantilevers, wherein the weight force of the torso is taken up by an upper part of the supporting device and is transferred to a lower part thereof via said first and said second spring boxes to rest upon thighs, thereby relieving strain on intervertebral disks of lumbar vertebrae.