Chairs and seats – Bottom or back with means to alter contour – Providing support for lower back region
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-03
2008-09-30
White, Rodney B. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back with means to alter contour
Providing support for lower back region
Reexamination Certificate
active
07429080
ABSTRACT:
A sacral support assembly for use with a seat is provided. The seat includes a seat frame. An adjustable sacral support assembly is connected to the seat frame. The sacral support assembly includes a sacral support member adapted to support the sacrum of a seated user. A method is also provided for delivering adjustable, stabilizing support to a user's sacrum and sacral-pelvic anatomy to reduce fatigue, increase comfort, stability and posture for a user, and a system for adjusting and controlling the load distribution from the sacral anatomy to the anatomical structures adjacent to a user's sacrum, for example, the pelvis and lumbar regions.
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O'Brien James A.
Walker Brock M.
Broad and Cassel
Fernandez Alejandro J.
White Rodney B.
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