US 11,986,416 B2
Shoulder support devices and methods
Arni Thor, Coronado, CA (US); Matthew Provencher, Edwards, CO (US); and Tyler Joseph Zajac, Vail, CO (US)
Filed by Arni Thor, Coronado, CA (US); Matthew Provencher, Edwards, CO (US); and Tyler Joseph Zajac, Vail, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,341.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,685, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331141 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/37 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/3746 (2013.01) [A61F 5/3753 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoulder support system comprising:
a vest with sleeves configured to cover an upper portion of a torso, shoulders, and
at least a portion of upper arms, wherein
a front pair of sagittally mirrored anchor points is positioned on a front portion of the vest and configured to receive a first end of a support strap;
a back pair of sagitally mirrored anchor points is positioned on a back portion of the vest and configured to receive the first end of the support strap;
a distal pair of sagitally mirrored anchor points is positioned on a distal portion of the sleeves of the vest and configured to receive a second end of the support strap;
the support strap, wherein
the first end of the support strap attaches to one of the anchor points in one of the front and back pairs of sagitally mirrored anchor points;
the second end of the support strap attaches to one of the anchor points in the distal pair of sagitally mirrored anchor points;
a path of the support strap transverses a sagittal plane; and
the path of the support strap configured to spiral around an arm.