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This invention is a device that, in effect, extends the pelvic bones to support the load-bearing of a person or to carry other loads applied to the suprapelvic structure and therefore to reduce forces resultant on the lumbosacral area by transmitting part of the load through the device to the pelvic

This invention is a device that, in effect, extends the pelvic bones to support the load-bearing of a person or to carry other loads applied to the suprapelvic structure and therefore to reduce forces resultant on the lumbosacral area by transmitting part of the load through the device to the pelvic and infrapelvic structures and then to the floor. A heavy belt is shown around a person\s waist which supports a pair of brace or support members mounted thereon. Each brace or support member is shown positioned at the person\s side so as to be in operative relation with the pelvic girdle. Each of the brace or support members serves as a rest for the adjacent elbow of a person when a weight is being lifted or carried by the hands.

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A body brace adapted to be positioned in operative relation with the pelvic girdle of a person and to serve as a functional extension of the pelvic girdle so as to provide a load bearing rest for the elbow of the person and to assist in lifting or carrying heavy weights by increasing the forces tran

A body brace adapted to be positioned in operative relation with the pelvic girdle of a person and to serve as a functional extension of the pelvic girdle so as to provide a load bearing rest for the elbow of the person and to assist in lifting or carrying heavy weights by increasing the forces transferred through the person\s pelvic structure and reducing the forces transferred through the suprapelvic structure, which comprises: A. a pair of braces, in which: 1. each of said brace members has a profile that is generally of a right triangle, and 2. the body engaging side of each of the brace members is curvilinear to conform to the person\s body curviture in the vicinity of the waist, and, 3. the top surface of each of said base members forms a generally wide and horizontal planar surface to serve as a load bearing rest for each elbow of the person; B. attachment means in the form of wide belt upon which both brace members are slidably mounted so that the brace members may be variably located.