Supporter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9402758
APP PUB NO 20130116609A1
SERIAL NO

13809500

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A supporter includes a small number of members and has a simple fitting method. It can give an intraperitoneal pressure rise effect to a supporter wearer, attain retroflexion suppression, and stabilize the sacroiliac joint. The supporter includes a base material which is formed of a knitted fabric by warp knitting and in which a knitting direction of the knitted fabric is set to be a longitudinal direction. Stretchability in the longitudinal direction is given, while stretchability in a short direction is suppressed. It has a back-supporting section that is a central portion of the base material, projection sections provided by projecting upward both end portions disposed on both sides of the back-supporting section, and curved sections each making the vicinity of the boundary between the back-supporting section and each of the projection sections. Each curved section is curved into a shape of approximate “”.

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KOWA COMPANY LTDNAGOYA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsuo, Kazuhiko Tokyo, JP 18 324
Ojima, Hitoshi Osaka, JP 7 52

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