Weightlifting belt

Claim 1

A weightlifting belt, comprising a wide belt body of heavy duty, laterally flexible and stretchable webbing material, first and second backing strips of regular duty webbing material equal in length with said belt body, each backing strip being equal to slightly less than half the width of said belt body, a holding strap of regular duty webbing material approximately equal in length to twice the length of said belt body and about as wide as said backing strips, a hook loop-and-hook strip equal in width to said holding strap and equal in length to about one-half of said belt body, a loop loop-and-hook strip equal in width and length to said hook strip, a loop buckle suitable for accommodating to said holding strap, said backing strips backing said belt body and aligned along the respective top and bottom edges of said belt body, said holding strap being centered over said backing strips, a first end looped through said loop buckle and folded along said belt body and at one end thereof, one of said hook and loop strips backing said holding strap at the other end of said belt body, the other of said hook strip and loop strip backing said holding strip from a starting point near its tip end, and stitching of said backing strips to said belt body along their outer edges, of said holding strap folded end, of said holding strap to said backing strips and body belt, and of said hook strip and loop strip to said holding strap, said stitching, backing strips and holding strap rigidifying said belt body against the tendency to flex and stretch to firmly support the user of the belt.