KR200462607Y1 - Belt for correction of posture - Google Patents

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KR200462607Y1
KR200462607Y1 KR2020120001052U KR20120001052U KR200462607Y1 KR 200462607 Y1 KR200462607 Y1 KR 200462607Y1 KR 2020120001052 U KR2020120001052 U KR 2020120001052U KR 20120001052 U KR20120001052 U KR 20120001052U KR 200462607 Y1 KR200462607 Y1 KR 200462607Y1
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a posture correction belt that allows the user to maintain a correct posture while sitting on a chair or the floor. The present invention posture correction belt, lumbar pressure pad to press the lumbar spine in the user's back; A knee belt connected to the adjustable length from the lumbar compression pad to surround the knee; A knee fixing pad provided on the knee belt and fixed to the knee; And an abdominal fixation pad connected to the lumbar compression pad to surround the abdomen and provided with a health member for giving a beneficial effect to the abdomen. According to the presently designed posture correcting belt, the lumbar spine of the lower back is wrapped using a lumbar compression pad on the back, and the knee is connected to the lumbar compression pad and the knee is fixed to the knee using a knee fixing pad provided on the knee belt. Pulled. As a result, an incorrect posture, ie, a posture at which the waist is bent, can be corrected.

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Belt for posture correction {Belt for correction of posture}

The present invention relates to a posture correcting belt, and more particularly to a posture correcting belt that allows the user to maintain a correct posture while sitting on a chair or floor.

When a person normally sits on a chair or on the floor, a load equal to three times the weight is applied to the waist. Therefore, if you stay in the posture for a long time without straightening the upper body will not only feel a lot of fatigue on the spine, but also adversely affect the back health will eventually lead to back diseases such as disk or back pain.

Office workers who are in office, students who need to study for a long time sitting on a chair, and anglers who are fishing for a long time sitting on the chair, even if it is customary to sit straight and sit, there is a concern that the posture may be disturbed.

If you sit for a long time, your back will gradually relax and you'll feel tired, so you'll eventually sit in a relaxed position, ie, bend your back or sit on one leg and sit down. If you sit for a long time on the same floor as your room, your posture will be distracted during unconsciousness, like bending your upper body forward or sitting at an angle on the wall.

In view of the above, a so-called ergonomic chair has been introduced in which a backrest, which is formed by bending the backrest similar to the side shape of the spine, is fixed to the seat so that a person can lean on his back while sitting on a chair. have.

However, in the case of the conventional ergonomic chair, it was inconvenient to use because it is inconvenient to move when the user changes the place to use. In particular, when students study at school, reading room, etc., not at home, or when anglers are fishing outdoors, it is difficult to use them because it is difficult to carry ergonomic chairs.

An object of the present invention is to provide a posture correcting belt that can be easily used while being carried out to solve the conventional problems as described above.

The present invention posture correction belt, lumbar pressure pad to press the lumbar spine in the user's back; A knee belt connected to the adjustable length from the lumbar compression pad to surround the knee; A knee fixing pad provided on the knee belt and fixed to the knee; And an abdominal fixation pad connected to the lumbar compression pad to surround the abdomen and provided with a health member for giving a beneficial effect to the abdomen.

Lumbar compression pads, knee fixation pads and abdominal fixation pads are formed with a number of embossings that prevent slipping when in contact with the body.

The lumbar compression pad is configured to accommodate the knee belt, the knee pad and the abdominal pad when not in use to form a bag.

The lumbar compression pad is made in the form of a zipper bag.

The lumbar compression pad and the knee fixing pad are provided with a core having elasticity so that they can be returned to their original state after use.

The health member has at least one function of heat, magnetic or far-infrared radiation.

According to the present invention posture correction belt has the following effects.

First, the lumbar compression pad is wrapped around the lumbar spine on the back, and the knee belt is connected to the lumbar compression pad and the knee is secured from the configuration of surrounding the knee using the knee fixing pad provided on the knee belt. As a result, an incorrect posture, ie, a posture at which the waist is bent, can be corrected.

Second, the abdominal fixation pad surrounding the abdomen is connected to the lumbar compression pad, and the abdominal fixation pad is provided with a health member that has a beneficial effect on the abdomen. It can prevent the disease in advance and improve the symptoms.

Third, embossing is formed on the lumbar compression pad, the knee fixing pad, and the abdominal fixing pad, which are in contact with the body, respectively, to prevent slipping upon contact with the body, thereby preventing deviation from the portion to be wrapped.

Fourth, the lumbar compression pad can be made in the form of a zipper bag, it is made to accommodate the knee belt, knee fixing pad, abdominal fixing pad and the health member in the lumbar compression pad, there is an advantage that it is easy to use and storage.

1 is a perspective view of the belt for posture correction.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the knee belt, knee fixing pad and abdominal fixing pad shown in Figure 1 is accommodated in the lumbar compression pad.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the use state of the present invention posture correction belt.
Figure 4 is a side view of Figure 3;
5 is a view showing a state in which the health member is inserted into the abdominal fixing pad shown in FIG.
Figure 6 is a view showing a combination of two fixing parts of the abdominal fixing pad shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention posture correction belt will be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view of the present invention posture correction belt, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the knee belt, knee fixing pad and abdominal fixing pad shown in Figure 1 is accommodated in the lumbar compression pad, Figure 3 4 is a perspective view of a state of use of the orthodontic belt, and FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3.

The posture correcting belt 1 according to the present invention includes a lumbar compression pad 10, a knee belt 20, a knee fixing pad 30, and an abdominal fixing pad 40.

Lumbar pressure pad 10 is made to press the lumbar spine in the user's back when in use. Zipper 11 is coupled to the front edge of the lumbar compression pad 10 can make the lumbar compression pad 10 in the form of a zipper bag. Accordingly, when not in use, the knee belt 20, the knee fixing pad 30, and the abdominal fixing pad 40 may be stored in the lumbar compression pad 10 or may be easily carried as shown in FIG. 2.

A plurality of embossings 12 are formed on the front of the lumbar compression pad 10 to prevent slippage when contacting the back of the user. The lumbar compression pad 10 has a built-in core 13 having elasticity that prevents bending traces from remaining when the lumbar compression pad 10 is bent and then unfolded.

The knee belt 20 is connected to both ends of the lumbar compression pad 10, respectively, to surround both knees. Both ends of the knee belt 20 are coupled to each of the both ends of the lumbar compression pad 10 by sewing, the length adjustment portion 21 for adjusting the length of the knee belt 20 in the knee belt 20, respectively It is provided. Therefore, the user can easily adjust the knee belt 20 to the length of his leg using the length adjusting portion 21.

The knee belt 20 is provided with a spacing control unit 50 for adjusting the spacing of the left and right legs. The gap adjusting unit 50 can adjust the length of the one-touch clip 52 and the extension belt 51 which can be fastened to each of the extension belt 51 and the extension belt 51 extending from the knee belt 20, respectively. It includes a length adjusting portion 53 so as to. At this time, the interval adjusting unit 50 may be composed of only one-touch clip 52 connected to the knee belt 20 in some cases.

The knee fixing pad 30 is coupled to the knee belt 20 so as to be movable in position and fixed to the knee. On the back of the knee fixing pad 30 is a belt fitting portion 31 is sewn so that the knee belt 20 can be fitted to move position. The knee fixing pad 30 has a built-in core 32 having elasticity so that the bending marks do not remain when the knee fixing pad 30 is bent and then unfolded.

Abdominal fixing pad 40 is connected to both ends of the lumbar compression pad 10 by sewing to wrap the abdomen in use so that the lumbar compression pad 10 to compress the lumbar. The abdominal fixing pad 40 is preferably wrapped while pressing the user's stomach in use.

5 is a view showing a state in which the health member is inserted into the abdominal fixing pad shown in Figure 1, Figure 6 is a view showing a combination of the two fixing parts of the abdominal fixing pad shown in FIG.

Abdominal fixing pad 40 is connected to one end of the lumbar compression pad 10 and the first fixing portion 41 in contact with the abdomen, the other end of the lumbar compression pad 10 and the first fixing portion 41 It is detachably coupled with the first fixing portion 41 is composed of a second fixing portion 42 surrounding the abdomen together.

Velcro 43 and 44 are respectively coupled to the back of the first fixing part 41 and the front of the second fixing part 42 by sewing, so that the first and second fixing parts 41 and 42 are detachable. To be combined. At this time, by forming the Velcro 43, 44 in the waist circumferential direction can be easily worn while adjusting the length of the abdominal fixing pad 40 regardless of the waist circumference of the user.

A health member accommodating part 45 is provided at a front surface of the front and rear surfaces of the first fixing part 41 that is in contact with the abdomen of the abdominal fixing pad 40 to which the health member 60 is detachably received.

As the health member 60, a thermal pad or a heat pack for obtaining a thermal effect, a magnet pad for obtaining a magnetic effect, a far infrared pad for obtaining a far infrared ray effect, and the like may be used. 60 can be used. Health member 60 may have only one of the above-described functions or may be configured to have two or more.

Meanwhile, a plurality of embossings 46 are formed on front surfaces of the first fixing part 41 and the health member accommodating part 45 of the abdominal fixing pad 40 to prevent slipping when worn.

A plurality of embossings 33 are formed on the front of the knee fixing pad 30 to prevent slipping when the knee fixing pad 30 contacts the user's knee.

Hereinafter, a process of using the posture correction belt configured as described above will be described.

When not in use, the knee belt 20, the knee fixing pad 30, the abdominal fixing pad 40 and the health member 60 is stored in the lumbar compression pad 10 which can be made into a zipper bag form for convenient storage or transportation. And close the zipper (11).

In use, open the zipper 11, take out the knee belt 20, knee fixing pad 30, abdominal fixing pad 40 and the health member 60, and the knee belt (20) with the lumbar compression pad 10 on its back. ) On both knees. At this time, by using the length adjusting unit 21 to adjust the length of the knee belt 20 according to the user's physical condition.

After adjusting the length of the knee belt 20, the knee fixing pad 30 is moved to position on the knee belt 20 so as to cover the knee to take the correct position.

Then, the extension belt 51 connected to the two knee belts 20 is fastened using the one-touch clip 52. If the length of the fastened extension belt 51 is not appropriate, the length is adjusted using the length adjusting part 53. That is, by adjusting the length of the extension belt 51 using the length adjusting unit 53, the user can sit with both legs wide open in a comfortable position.

Finally, the health member 60 is inserted into the health member accommodating part 45 of the abdominal fixing pad 40, and the first and second fixing parts 41 and 42 are coupled using the Velcro 43 and 44. At this time, the health member 60 may not be accommodated as needed. In addition, the first and second fixing parts 41 and 42 may be removed during use to replace or remove the health member 60. Since the first and second fixing parts 41 and 42 can adjust the coupling position, the user may combine the first and second fixing parts 41 and 42 so as to tighten the stomach slightly according to the physical condition. .

According to the present invention posture correction belt having the configuration and action as described above, using the lumbar compression pad 10 to surround the lumbar spine of the back, the knee belt 20 and the knee belt connected to the lumbar compression pad 10 The lumbar spine of the waist is pulled toward the knee from the configuration surrounding the knee using the knee fixing pad 30 provided in the 20. As a result, it is possible to correct an incorrect posture, that is, a posture at which the waist is bent.

In addition, by connecting the abdominal fixation pad 40 surrounding the abdomen to the lumbar compression pad 10, the abdominal fixation pad 40 is provided with a health member 60 that has a beneficial effect on the abdomen, it is generated when sitting for a long time The risk of abdominal obesity or digestive system disorders can be prevented in advance, and the effect can be improved.

In addition, by forming embossing (12, 33, 46) on the lumbar compression pad 10, the knee fixing pad 30 and the abdominal fixing pad 40, which are in contact with the body, respectively, The deviation from the site to be prevented can be prevented.

As described above, the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art can be changed within the scope described in the utility model registration claims. Can be.

1: posture correction belt 10: lumbar compression pad
11: zipper 12: embossing
13: heartwood 20: knee belt
21: length adjustment part 30: knee fixing pad
31: belt fitting part 32: core material
33: embossing 40: abdominal fixing pad
41: First Government Government 42: Second Government Government
43, 44: Velcro 45: Health member storage
46: embossing 50: spacing adjuster
51: extension belt 52: one-touch clip
53: length adjusting unit 60: health member

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A lumbar compression pad adapted to compress the lumbar spine in the user's back;
A knee belt connected to adjust the length from the lumbar compression pad to surround the knee;
A knee fixing pad provided on the knee belt and tightly fixed to the knee; And
And an abdominal fixation pad connected to the lumbar compression pad to surround the abdomen and provided with a health member having any one or more of a function of heating, magnetic or far infrared radiation.
The lumbar compression pad, knee fixing pad and abdominal fixing pad are formed with a plurality of embossing to prevent slipping when in contact with the body,
The lumbar compression pad and knee fixing pad posture correction belt, characterized in that the core material is provided with elasticity to be returned to its original state after use.
delete The method of claim 1,
The lumbar compression pad is posture correction belt, characterized in that made when not in use to accommodate the knee belt, knee fixing pad and abdominal fixing pad to form a bag.
The method of claim 3,
The lumbar compression pad is posture correction belt, characterized in that made in the form of a zipper bag.
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