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Lumbar Support for Law Enforcement Officers

  • US 20080001452A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2007
  • Published: 01/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A seat back assembly forming a seat back of a bench vehicle seat having a seat bottom, the seat back assembly comprising:

  • a bottom edge portion;

    a thoracic upper back portion having a substantial thickness;

    a lumbar lower back portion disposed between the bottom edge portion and the thoracic upper back portion and having a thickness less than the thickness of the thoracic upper back portion, thereby creating a concavity adjacent the bottom edge portion and positioned so as to be behind the lumbar spine of a user seated on the seat bottom and against the seat back assembly, to accommodate an equipped duty belt and to relieve pressure on the lumbar back caused by equipped duty belt, wherein the concavity is about ten inches high, measured in a direction extending from the bottom edge portion toward the thoracic upper back portion, the concavity extending laterally across the lumbar lower back portion such that no portion of the concavity between the thoracic upper back portion and the bottom edge portion protrudes forwardly of the thoracic upper back portion when the user is sitting against the seat back assembly in a normal seating position; and

    a support device configured to support the seat back assembly relative to the seat bottom.

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