Lower back stabilizing device

Claim 2

A lower back stabilizing device for a person seated on an independent cushion on a seat having a back rest, said back stabilizing device comprising anchor means for securing the cushion to the seat, said anchor means including a substantially square U-shaped strap of substantially rigid material coupled to the cushion in one are thereof, said strap having a pair of spaced opposite ends, and a strap of substantially flexible material affixed to and extending between the ends of the substantially rigid strap in a spaced opposite area of said cushion.

Claim 3

A lower back stabilizing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substantially rigid strap consists of metal and said substantially flexible strap consists of cloth.

Claim 4

A lower back stabilizing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substantially rigid strap consists of aluminum.

Claim 5

A lower back stabilizing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion is of wedge shape having a substantially planar substantially rectangular bottom substantially abutting the seat, a substantially planar substantially rectangular back meeting the bottom at substantially right angles and substantially abutting the back rest, a pair of right triangular substantially planar sides, a substantially planar substantially rectangular top sloping downward from the top edge of the back to the leading edge of the bottom, and a right triangular cross-section with a first arm of the bottom of predetermined length substantially abutting the seat and a second arm of the back extending at right angles to the first arm and a fraction of the length of the first arm substantially abutting the back rest, said cushion having a slot formed therethrough substantially parallel to the back in the area of the juncture of the bottom and back, and wherein said substantially rigid strap passes through the slot and extends along the sides of the cushion, the ends of said substantially rigid strap being at the top of the cushion.

Claim 6

A lower back stabilizing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ends of the aluminum strap are at the top of the cushion, and further comprising a pair of handles affixed to the ends of the aluminum strap at the juncture of the sides of the cushion with the top, said substantially flexible strap extending between the handles of the aluminum strap along the surface of the top of the cushion.