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Body heating and stretch support device

US4042803A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1976
Grant dateAug 16, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 28, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B3/342
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sheet of material is adapted to be supported on a part of a human body in contact therewith and has adjusting devices for adjusting the size thereof to fit different sized people. Electric heating elements are embedded in the stretch support material. An energizing device releasably electrically connects the heating elements to a source of electrical energy for selectively heating the part of the body contacted by said sheet of material.

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