Cervical neck brace

Claim 1

IN A CERVICAL NECK BRACE INCLUDING BODY ENGAGING STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED OVER THE SHOULDERS OF A PERSON AND HEAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE ABOVE THE BODYENGAGING STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT LOWER PARTS OF THE HEAD OF A PERSON, MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE BODY-ENGAGING AND HEADENGAGING STRUCTURES WHEREBY THE TWO STRUCTURES MAY BE MOUNTED AS A UNIT ON A PERSON WITH THE STRUCTURES RELATIVELY ADJUSTED TO HOLD THE HEAD IN A DESIRED POSITION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ELONGATED ADJUSTABLY EXTENSIBLE POST WITH TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS, A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM EN D OF THE POST AND SAID BODY-ENGAGING STRUCTURE ACCOMMODATING RELATIVE ADJUSTABLE MOVEMENT ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS AND INCLUDING A PORTION JOINED TO THE BODYENGAGING STRUCTURE PRESENTING AN ARCUATELY SHAPED SURFACE THAT FACES OUTWARDLY FROM THE STRUCTURE, A BOTTOM POST PORTION JOINED TO THE POST HAVING AN ARCUATE SURFACE ON ONE SIDE THEREOF THAT FITS WITHIN AND CORRESPONDS IN CURVATURE TO THE ARCUATELY SHAPED SURFACE OF SAID PORTION OF SAID BODY-ENGAGING STRUCTURE AND IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE SAID BODY-ENGAGING STRUCTURE ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, A CLAMPING MEMBER FITTING AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BOTTOM POST PORTION, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY SECURING THE CLAMPING MEMBER TO SAID PORTION OF SAID BODYENGAGING STRUCTURE WITH THE BOTTOM POST PORTION BETWEEN THE CLAMPING MEMBER AND PORTION OF SAID BODY-ENGAGING STRUCTURE, AND A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE AND THE TOP END OF THE POST COMPRISING MEANS JOINED TO THE MEMBER PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, AND MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING THE TOP END OF THE POST TO SAID MEANS, ACCOMMODATING ADJUSTABLE MOVEMENT OF THE TOP END OF SAID POST RELATIVE TO SAID HEADENGAGING STRUCTURE ABOUT AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELING SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS.