Patent Application
20200077799
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The disclosure and prior art relates to posture enhancing devices and more particularly pertains to a new posture enhancing device for encouraging a person to sit upright while seated in a chair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that has a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a top side and a bottom side. The base is elongated from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge. A panel has a top edge, a bottom edge, a front side, a back side, a first side edge and a second side edge. The bottom edge is attached to the top side of the base and extends upwardly therefrom. The bottom edge is oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second lateral edges. The panel lies in a plane orientated perpendicular to a plane of the bottom side of the base. The panel is telescopic and has an adjustable height. A locking member is mechanically coupled to the panel and releasably locks the panel at a selected height. A cushion is attached to and covers the top edge.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A panel 26 has a top edge 28, a bottom edge 30, a front side 32, a back side 34, a first side edge 36 and a second side edge 38. The bottom edge 30 is attached to the top side 22 of the base 12 such that the panel 26 extends upwardly from the base 12. The bottom edge 30 is oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis extending through the first 18 and second 20 lateral edges and the panel 26 lies in a plane orientated perpendicular to a plane of the bottom side 24 of the base 12. Thus, the panel 26 generally extends between the first 18 and second 20 lateral edges and is orientated perpendicular to the top side 22 of the base 12. The bottom edge 30 is spaced from the front edge 14 such that a forward extending flange of the base 12 is defined. The panel 26 has a width from the first side edge 36 to the second side edge 38 that is less than a length of the base 12 and is at least equal to or greater than 10.0 inches.
More particularly, the panel 26 is telescopic such that the panel 26 has an adjustable height. The panel 26 may comprise a first section 40 including the bottom edge 30 and a second section 42 including the top edge 28, wherein the first 40 and second 42 sections are vertically moveable relative to each other. The panel 26 is adjustable between a lowest height equal to between 16.0 inches and 20.0 inches and a greatest height equal to between 30.0 inches and 35.0 inches.
A locking member 44 is mechanically coupled to the panel 26 and releasably locks the first 40 and second 42 sections at a selected position relative to each other. As can be seen in
A cushion 48 may be attached to and cover all or a portion of the top edge 28. The cushion 48 has a central area 50 has an upper surface that is concavely arcuate to better receive and support a bottom of person's head adjacent to their neck. The top edge 28 itself may be concavely arcuate and the cushion 48 fitted to follow the contours of the top edge 28 or the cushion 48 itself may be shaped to have the arcuate edge.
In use, the base 12 is positioned on a seat 54 of a chair 52 adjacent to the backrest 56 thereof such that the panel 26 is supported by the backrest 56. The user adjusts the height of the panel 26 to accommodate their height and then sits on the chair 52 with their back positioned against the panel 26. The panel 26 reinforces the understanding that the person should sit upright to improve their posture which in turn improves muscle tone and overall health.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
