Patent ID: 7549948

Claim:
A postural support and exercise jacket for a person, comprising: a right shoulder strap which is receivable over the right shoulder of the person and a left shoulder strap which is receivable over the left shoulder of the person, wherein said shoulder straps each have a front portion terminating in a front end and a back portion terminating in a back end, which back portion is joined to said front portion via an intermediate portion which straddles the associated shoulder of the person, wherein said front portion of the right shoulder strap is positioned to extend downwardly from the right shoulder of the person to the right side of the person such that the front end thereof terminates generally adjacent to the waist of the person, said front portion of the left shoulder strap is positioned to extend downwardly from the left shoulder of the person to the left side of the person such that the front end thereof terminates generally adjacent to the waist of the person, and the back portion of each of said shoulder straps is positioned to cross the back of the person from the associated shoulder of the person to the opposite side of the person thereof, such that the back end of each of said shoulder straps terminate generally adjacent to the waist of the person, and wherein said back portions of said shoulder straps cross over each other and are coupled to each other at the point where they cross over; a waist strap having a first end and a second end, both ends of each shoulder strap being coupled to said waist strap generally adjacent to an opposite end of said waist strap, said waist strap being dimensioned to extend around the back of the person with said ends thereof terminating adjacent to the sides of the person, wherein said front end of said right shoulder strap and said back end of said left shoulder strap are disposed generally adjacent to said first end of said waist strap and wherein said back end of said right shoulder strap and said front end of said left shoulder strap are disposed generally adjacent to said second end of said waist strap; and a single pair of depending handles, each being coupled adjacent to opposite ends of said waist strap.