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Lumbosacral belt
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-12-30
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Granted: 1995-09-19
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Expires: 2013-12-30
Abstract
Abstract An air inflatable belt worn by a person for support in the lumbar and sacral regions of the body has an inner wall, which faces the body of the person, provided with one or more permanent magnet arrangements producing magnetic fields directed toward the person's body. The permanent magnet arrangements may be provided by one or more flexible magnetic sheets received in a pocket or pockets on the inner wall of the belt, or by permanent magnet particles embedded in the inner wall of the belt and magnetized to provide desired magnetic field patterns. The belt includes an inflatable bladder or bladders which may be removably supported on the belt.
Inventors
- 👤 Theodore J. Zablotsky
- 👤 Charles Zablotsky
- 👤 Jerome M. True
- 👤 Paul E. Gallo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:14
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/01; A61F5/02; A61F5/028; A61F5/0102; A61F5/012; A61N; A61N2/00; A61N2/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, inflatable bladder means supported between said opposite ends, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, and means providing said inner wall means with permanent magnet means producing magnetic field lines directed outwardly from said inner wall means toward said person's body, said bladder means being inflatable for exerting pressure against said magnet means to conform said inner wall means and said permanent magnet means to the contour of said body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, inflatable bladder means supported between said opposite ends, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, and means providing said inner wall means with permanent magnet means producing magnetic field lines directed outwardly from said inner wall means toward said person's body, said bladder means being inflatable for exerting pressure against said magnet means to conform said inner wall means and said permanent magnet means to the contour of said body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The belt according to claim 1, wherein said inner wall means includes pocket means and said means providing said inner wall means with permanent magnet means includes said pocket means and magnetic sheet means in said pocket means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The belt according to claim 2, wherein said pocket means is open for removably receiving said magnetic sheet means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The belt according to claim 2, wherein said magnetic sheet means includes sheet means of non-magnetic material having an active surface with permanent magnet particles of a ferrite material embedded therein.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The belt according to claim 4, wherein the particles in adjacent areas of said active surface are magnetized to provide north poles and south poles arranged in a geometric pattern establishing magnetic fields having angularities with respect to a line traversing said active surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The belt according to claim 5, wherein said geometric pattern is formed by concentric rings of alternating polarity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The belt according to claim 2, wherein said inner wall means includes first sheet material means having an outer side facing said person's body and second sheet material means overlying said outer side and secured to said first sheet material means to provide said pocket means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The belt according to claim 2, wherein said inner wall means has top and bottom edges, said pocket means extending between said edges and being open adjacent said top edge for removably receiving said magnetic sheet means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
The belt according to claim 8, wherein said magnetic sheet means includes sheet means of non-magnetic material having an active surface with permanent magnet particles of a ferrite material embedded therein and magnetized to provide north and south poles arranged in a geometric pattern establishing magnetic fields having angularities with respect to a line traversing said active surface.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The belt according to claim 9, wherein said sheet means of non-magnetic material is flexible and said geometric pattern is formed by concentric rings of alternating polarity.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The belt according to claim 8, wherein said inner wall means has opposite ends and said pocket means includes a plurality of separate pockets between said opposite ends of said inner wall means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The belt according to claim 11, wherein each said pocket removably receives a corresponding magnetic sheet means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
The belt according to claim 12, wherein said magnetic sheet means includes sheet means of non-magnetic material having an active surface with permanent magnet particles of a ferrite material embedded therein and magnetized to provide north and south poles arranged in a geometric pattern establishing magnetic fields having angularities with respect to a line traversing said active surface.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The belt according to claim 13, wherein said sheet means of non-magnetic material is flexible and said geometric pattern is formed by concentric rings of alternating polarity.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
48 words
The belt according to claim 12, wherein said inner wall means includes first sheet material means having an outer side facing said person's body and second sheet material means overlying said outer side and secured to said first sheet material means to provide said plurality of separate pockets.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
59 words
The belt according to claim 1, wherein said inner wall means includes flexible, non-magnetic sheet means having a surface facing said person's body and said means providing said inner wall means with permanent magnet means includes permanent magnet particles of ferrite material embedded in said sheet means adjacent said surface and magnetized to provide adjacent areas of opposite polarity.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
35 words
The belt according to claim 16, wherein said particles are magnetized to provide north and south poles arranged in a geometric pattern establishing magnetic fields having angularities with respect to a line traversing said surface.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The belt according to claim 17, wherein said geometric pattern is formed by concentric rings of alternating polarity.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
The belt according to claim 18, wherein said non-magnetic sheet means has opposite ends and wherein a plurality of said concentric ring patterns are provided between said opposite ends of said non-magnetic sheet means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The belt according to claim 1, wherein said inflatable bladder means is removably supported within said belt.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
The belt according to claim 1, wherein said inflatable bladder means includes a plurality of inflatable bladder chambers, and means for inflating each of said chambers independent of one another.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
The belt according to claim 21, wherein said means for inflating said bladder chambers includes valve means for each of said bladder chambers.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
18 words
The belt according to claim 22, wherein said plurality of bladder chambers are removably supported within said belt.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
16 words
The belt according to claim 23, wherein said valve means is removably supported on said belt.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
21 words
The belt according to claim 1, wherein said inner wall means includes a wicking material sheet means for absorbing excess moisture.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
The belt according to claim 25, wherein said inner wall means includes pocket means and said pocket means includes a wicking material sheet means for absorbing excess moisture at said person's body.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
89 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, inflatable bladder means supported between said opposite ends, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, means providing said inner wall means with flexible magnet means for producing magnetic field lines directed outwardly from said inner wall means toward said person's body, and means for varying the pressure exerted by said bladder means on said flexible magnet means and said body.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
89 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, inflatable bladder means supported between said opposite ends, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, means providing said inner wall means with flexible magnet means for producing magnetic field lines directed outwardly from said inner wall means toward said person's body, and means for varying the pressure exerted by said bladder means on said flexible magnet means and said body.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
The belt according to claim 27, wherein said means for varying the pressure includes valve means for said bladder means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
37 words
The belt according to claim 27, wherein said bladder means includes a plurality of individual bladder chambers and said means for varying the pressure includes independent valve means for each chamber of said plurality of bladder chambers.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
93 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, a plurality of inflatable bladder means, each of said bladder means independently removably supported within said belt, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, flexible magnet means, pocket means on said inner wall means for said flexible magnetic means, and valve means connected to each of said bladder means for independently controlling pressure exerted by each said bladder means on said flexible magnetic means.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
93 words
A lumbar support belt having opposite ends for releasably securing said belt about a person's body, a plurality of inflatable bladder means, each of said bladder means independently removably supported within said belt, said belt including inner wall means overlying said bladder means and facing the body of a person wearing said belt, flexible magnet means, pocket means on said inner wall means for said flexible magnetic means, and valve means connected to each of said bladder means for independently controlling pressure exerted by each said bladder means on said flexible magnetic means.
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