Appeal Number: 2006-3291
Application Number: 10/178,845
The appellant invented a seat or seat attachment which neutralizes the injurious
effect of a law enforcement officer’s duty belt on the lower back (Specification 1).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced below.
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 thoracic2 upper back portion having a substantial thickness;
a lumber [sic. lumbar3] 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 lumber [sic. 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
lumber [sic. lumbar] back caused by equipped duty belt, 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 presses against a part of the user below the
belt when the user is wearing the duty belt and 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.
1 Claim 3 is cancelled and claims 14-20 have been withdrawn from consideration.
2 Thoracic – Related to the chest (Merriam Webster)
3 Lumbar – Related to the lower back (Merriam Webster)
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