Hip apparatus

• US 9,782,026 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adam Cohan
• Original Assignee: Macapak, Inc.
• Inventors: Cohan, Adam K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hurley, Shaun R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Bao-Thieu L
• Application Number:
  US14/247,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20140298575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• Field of Search: 5631, 5634, 5601, 5611, 5624, 2 22, 2467, 2 69, 2 76, 2458
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 1/10 Maternity corsets
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/21 Maternity clothing; Clothing specially adapted for persons caring for infants
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/1045 shaped as, combined with, or convertible into other articles, e.g. dolls, sound equipments, bags or the like

Abstract

An apparatus and system for designed for supporting a hip of a pregnant woman who often experiences hip pain associated with her pregnancy to help relieve this pain including a leggings with hook-and-loop belts, straps and strips associated with pillows for the thigh and ankles.

Claims

1. A hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy when sleeping in a fetal position on the side, comprising:

an elastic legging with a midrise having an elastic waistband and two legs of a predetermined length, said legs having hook-and-loop fasteners running a predetermined length on the inside of each leg;

a pair of opposing legging straps having hook-and-loop fasteners running a predetermined length on one side of each strap and each leg strap attached to the outside of each legging at generally the midrise of a predetermined length running on the outside length of each legging and then looping back to the inside of each leg of a predetermined length;

a back support pillow having a belt with a hook-and-loop fastener on one side of the belt connected to the back support pillow and the support pillow held in place to provide a support to a hip joint during the pregnancy by the hook-and-loop fasteners of the belt connected to the hook-and-loop fasteners of the leg straps to position the support pillow generally at or near the elastic waistband; and

a thigh support pillow having opposing hook-and-loop fasteners held in place by connection to the hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of each leg;

whereby the legging straps are configured to go around the knee when sleeping in a fetal position on a womans'"'"' side to keep the hip ball in the hip socket to reduce the hip pain.

2. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy of claim 1, wherein the back support pillow is made of foam block or any other suitable material that is generally solid or slightly flexible that holds its shape.

3. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy of claim 1, wherein the leg straps are sewn into the leggings below the waistband.

4. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy of claim 1, wherein the thigh support pillow is made of foam block or any other suitable material that is flexible and holds its shape.

5. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy of claim 1, wherein the thigh support pillow includes concave portions wherein the hook-and-loop fasteners are located at the apex of each concave portion of the thigh support pillow.

6. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip pain during a pregnancy of claim 1, further comprising an ankle support pillow having concave opposing portions with an ankle strap connected to the ankle support pillow to hold the ankle support pillow in place.

7. A hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy when a woman is lying on her side to sleep, comprising:

an elastic legging having a waist and two legs, each leg having hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of each leg;

a pair of opposing legging straps attached at one end to the outside of the legging having hook-and-loop fasteners on one side of each strap, said straps configured to form a loop back to the inside of each leg to adjustably attach the other end of the leg straps to the hook-and-loop fastener on the inside of each leg to hold each each hip joint in place to relief the pain when sleeping on a woman side during pregnancy;

a back support pillow;

a belt with a hook-and-loop fastener on one side of the belt connected to the back support pillow with the belt hook-and-loop fastener connected to the hook-and-loop fasteners of the leg straps to provide support to a hip joint during the pregnancy; and

a thigh support pillow having opposing hook-and-loop fasteners held in place by connection to the hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of each leg.

8. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the back support pillow includes opposing openings at either longitudinal end thereof allowing the belt to slide through the openings and then to engage the hook-and-loop fastener of the belt to the hook-and-loop fasteners of the leg straps for fixedly positioning the support pillow.

9. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the leg straps are affixed to opposing sides of the legging below the waist.

10. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the legging is made of a cotton and elastic material to expand in order to properly fit during a time span of the pregnancy.

11. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the thigh support pillow includes a foam core and a cloth exterior pillow case.

12. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the leg straps are approximately two inches wide and a predetermined length having one end sewn into opposing sides of the legging.

13. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the legging is made of a polyester, rayon, nylon, elastic blend of similar materials or any combination thereof.

14. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 7, wherein the back support pillow is generally a foam core with a cloth, material enclosure on the outside that includes openings generally at either end of the pillow cloth enclosure thereof to receive the belt for positioning the back pillow.

15. A hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy, comprising:

a legging having a waist and two legs with hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of each leg;

a pair of opposing legging straps attached at one end adjacent the waist of the legging having hook-and-loop fasteners on one side of each strap, said straps configured to form a loop to go around the knee of a woman lying on her side during pregnancy back to the inside of each leg to adjustably attach the other end of the leg straps to the hook-and-loop fastener on the inside of each leg;

a back support pillow having openings at either end of the back support pillow;

a belt with a hook-and-loop fastener on one side of the belt slid through the openings of the back support to connect the belt hook-and-loop fastener connected to the hook-and-loop fasteners of the leg straps to provide a support position to a hip joint during the pregnancy; and

a thigh support pillow having opposing hook-and-loop fasteners held in place by connection to the hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of each leg;

whereby the legging straps are configured to go around the knee to hold the ball socket of a hip together during pregnancy.

16. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 15, wherein the leggings are made of an elastic material that expands for a comfortable fit during all stages of pregnancy.

17. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 15 wherein the hook-and-loop fasteners on the inside of the legs, on the legging straps, on the belt and on the thigh pillow provide multiple positioning of the back support pillow and thigh pillow to provide support for the hip joint to relieve the pain during a pregnancy.

18. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 15 wherein the back support pillow and the thigh support pillow are made of a foam core with a cloth exterior pillow case.

19. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 15, wherein the legging is generally ankle-length or configurable to a predetermined length.

20. The hip support apparatus and system configured to relieve hip joint pain during a pregnancy of claim 15, wherein the legging is made of an elastic cotton or similar material and wherein the legging straps are sewn into the opposing sides of the legging adjacent and below the waist.