Support belt

Claim 1

A sized belt to fit about the waist of a wearer between the hip box and rib cage comprising: an elongate elastic primary band having an inside surface and an outside surface and opposed longitudinal edges and a first end zone and a second end zone and an intermediate zone between the end zones, mutually interengaging means on the outside surface of the first end zone and the inside surface of the second end zone to intercooperate with one another to hold the band end zones in overlapping relation when the primary band is about the girth of a wearer with said second end zone overlapping said first end zone, the normal longitudinal length of the primary band being less than the girth of a wearer and, when on a wearer and the end zones are in overlapping relation, being elastically stretched, said intermediate zone havinG a central zone adapted to overlay the back of a wearer between the hip box and rib cage levels, elastic secondary band means secured to the central zone of the primary band comprising: a first band portion and a second band portion, each portion being a strip and having an inside surface and an outside surface and a proximal end and a distal end and opposed longitudinal edges, said portions extending in opposite directions from said central zone and generally parallel to the center line of the primary band and being of a dimension between their respective longitudinal edges which is less than the distance between the opposed longitudinal edges of said primary band, each of said secondary band portions having a distal end zone and mutually interengaging means on the outside surface of the second end zone of said primary band and the inside surface of the distal end zone of said first band portion to intercooperate with one another to hold the distal end of the first band portion in overlapping relation of the first and second end zones of the primary band when the primary band is about the girth of a wearer with the first and second end zones in overlapping relation; and mutually intercooperating means on the outside surface of the first band portion and on the inside surface of the distal end zone of the second band portion to intercooperate with one another to hold the distal end of the second band portion in overlapping relation of said end zones of said primary band and the distal end zone of said first band portion, the length of said first band portion when overlaying said first primary band and extending toward said first end zone being of a normal length from the proximal end attachment to the central zone which is less than the distance from the proximal end attachment to the second end zone when said primary band end zones are in overlapping relation and the belt is about the girth of a wearer, the length of said second band portion when overlaying said primary band and extending toward said second end zone being of a normal length from the proximal end attachment to the central zone which is less than the distance from the proximal end attachment to the first end zone, when said primary band end zones and the distal end of the first band portion are in overlapped relation and the belt is about the girth of a wearer.