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A two piece reversible support belt has a body and a strap. The body is longitudinally curved so that when it is wrapped around a human waist it forms a tapered shape, and may be worn so that the tapered shape either opens up or opens down. The strap encircles the body and is detachably removable fr

A two piece reversible support belt has a body and a strap. The body is longitudinally curved so that when it is wrapped around a human waist it forms a tapered shape, and may be worn so that the tapered shape either opens up or opens down. The strap encircles the body and is detachably removable from the body so that the free end of the strap may always be held in the right hand by a man or in the left hand by a woman, regardless of which orientation the body is worn in. In one form, lateral slits are cut in the body to retain the strap laterally, and the strap may be worn against either side of the body in this embodiment. Detachable fastener material may be provided on the inside surface of the strap in this embodiment and an accessory such as a lumbar pad may be secured thereby, between the belt body and the wearer. The body may also be made articulated with elastic hip sections or with molded foam accordion fold hip sections. Belt loops may also be molded into the belt body, or separately molded in two halves and put together to sandwich the body material between peripheral flanges of them. The body may be made with a laminate of foam and fabric or of foam and a continuous surface film or foil, and may be made with or without hip notches along one or both side edges.

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In a support belt for wearing around the waist of a human body of the type having a body with an inner surface, an outer surface and longitudinal side edges connecting said inner and outer surfaces, and a cinching strap narrower than said body and having an inner surface, an outer surface and longit

In a support belt for wearing around the waist of a human body of the type having a body with an inner surface, an outer surface and longitudinal side edges connecting said inner and outer surfaces, and a cinching strap narrower than said body and having an inner surface, an outer surface and longitudinal side edges connecting said inner and outer surfaces for encircling said body when said belt is worn around the waist of a human body, the improvement wherein; said longitudinal side edges of said body are arcuate over the length of said body and curve in the same direction; said strap can be detachably removed from said body; and said strap includes at least two inextensible and straight strips joined end to end by an intermediate bridging section which is flexible so as to allow said strips to form an angle relative to one another as said strips lay against said body.