| US 7,311,362 B2 | ||
| Torso supporting seating system | ||
| William John Gaffney, 2900 Connecticut Ave., NW., Apt. 420, Washington, D.C. 20008-1411 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/328,154. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/645013, filed on Jan. 21, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0181136 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47C 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 297—488 [297/195.1; 280/288.4] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A seating system for the torso of the human body, said seating system providing surfaces of anterior support for the hips
of the human body by an anterior support device comprising:
(a) a waist support plate having a first lateral end and a second lateral end;
(b) a first lateral pad having a concavely shaped surface of support for making contact supporting the convex protuberance
of a first iliac crest of the hips of the human body;
(c) a second lateral pad having a concavely shaped surface of support for making contact supporting the convex protuberance
of a second iliac crest of the hips of the human body;
(d) a first adjustable connection for connecting said first lateral pad within the first lateral end of said waist support
plate for holding said first lateral pad in an adjusted position; and
(e) a second adjustable connection for connecting said second lateral pad within the second lateral end of said waist support
plate for holding said second lateral pad in an adjusted position; whereby
said waist support plate is a supporting part connecting to the two lateral pads in the adjustable connections for adjusting
the width of spread of said two lateral pads to be held in fixed positions, so as to be able to provide support for a width
of spread between the two protuberances of the iliac crests of the torso of a human body.
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