Patent ID: 7833182

Claim:
A back support device comprising: a waist belt system and a chest strap system wherein the waist belt system comprises a lower posterior bracket, and the chest belt system comprises an upper posterior bracket comprising a back plate for resting against the back of the user and at least one tube connected to said back plate; and at least one elongated resilient bias member connected to the lower posterior bracket and slidably connected near it upper end to the upper posterior bracket, said at least one bias member being slidably received in said at least one tube so that the longitudinal axis of said at least one tube is parallel to the longitudinal axis of said at least one bias member; wherein said at least one tube is adjustable relative to the back plate so that the axis of said at least one tube and the axis of said at least one bias member are adjusted to various angles relative to the back plate; so that, when a user bends over to a bent-over position, the at least one resilient bias member slides in said upper posterior bracket and bends to provide force that helps support the user in the bent-over position and that assists the user in straightening up.