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Lumbar support for law enforcement officers

  • US 7,270,377 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2002
  • Issued: 09/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A duty belt seat accessory for use with a bench vehicle seat having a seat back and a seat bottom, the seat accessory 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 accessory, 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 accessory in a normal seating position; and

    ,a support device configured to support the seat accessory such that the bottom edge portion is maintained against the seat back and adjacent to the seat bottom of the vehicle seat.

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