Patent ID: 8827940

Claim:
A lumbar support belt that can be fitted around a lower part of a torso of a patient, comprising: a strip of elastic textile configured for attachment to itself; and at least two posterior boning elements, wherein the at least two posterior boning elements comprise a first posterior boning element and a second posterior boning element, said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element being made of an elastic material and positioned such that said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element are disposed on each side of and separated by a transverse mid-plane of the strip of elastic textile, wherein said lumbar support belt is configured to be positioned on the patient in such a way that ends of the strip of elastic textile fasten together opposite an abdominal region of the patient, and said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element press against a lumbar region of the patient, said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element being configured to diverge toward floating ribs of the patient, and wherein said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element are arranged in a downwardly converging V so that said first posterior boning element and said second posterior boning element are configured to converge toward a lumbosacral region of the patient, said strip of elastic textile being provided with at least two darts, one of said at least two darts being superimposed over said first posterior boning element and another one of said at least two darts being superimposed over said second posterior boning element, the lumbar support belt thus having a tight hour-glass configuration when fitted around the patient, wherein the at least two darts combined with the first and the second posterior boning elements being arranged in the downwardly converging V are configured to improve comfort of the patient by limiting compression on a stomach of the patient.