Posture brace

Claim 1

A POSTURE CORRECTIVE DEVICE COMPRISING A FABRIC PANEL OF A PREDETERMINED DEGREE OF ELASTICITY TO ENGAGE AGAINST THE BACK OF A WEARER, A PAIR OF SHOULDER ENGAGING AND RESTRAINING STRAPS OF RELATIVELY INELASTIC MATERIAL SECURED TO SAID PANEL RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT LATERALLY OPPOSED, VERTICALLY SPACED UPPER AND LOWER SIDE EDGES OF THE PANEL TO EXTEND FORWARDLY OF SAID OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES, SAID STRAPS BEING ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT FORWARDLY ABOUT THE SHOULDERS OF THE WEARER, ELASTIC STRIPS EACH SECURED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID BACK ENGAGING PANEL ADJACENT SAID RESPECTIVE UPPER SIDE EDGES OF THE LATTER, SAID STRIPS BEING SECURED AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO SAID PANEL ADJACENT SAID LOWER SIDE EDGES OF THE LATTER AND BEING IN DIAGONAL CROSSING RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER TO MODIFY THE ELASTICITY OF SAID BACK ENGAGING PANEL, SAID BACK ENGAGING PANEL BEING PROVIDED WITH A LOWER EXTENSION PORTION ENGAGEABLE ACROSS THE LOWER SPINE ZONE OF THE WEARER, AND AN ABDOMEN SUPPORTING DEVICE SECURED TO OPPOSITE UPRIGHT EDGES OF SAID LOWER EXTENSION OF SAID BACK ENGAGING PANEL TO EXTEND LATERALLY THEREFROM AND HAVING MEANS TO RELEASABLY HOLD THE PANELS THEREOF ACROSS THE LOWER ABDOMEN ZONE OF THE WEARER.