Body support

Abstract

An apparatus for use with a wall and by a person leaning against the wall and including: a receiver mounted in use to the wall; a support having an operative position whereat the support generally follows the curvature of the buttocks of the person; and a mechanism adapted to suspend the support from the receiver at the operative position.

1 . An apparatus for use by a person leaning against the wall, the apparatus comprising:
 a backing plate adapted to be fixedly mounted to the wall;   a support having a contoured body configured in a vertical direction to follow a curvature of a buttocks of the person; and   a mechanism for adjustably operatively securing the support to the backing plate such that a vertically displaced position of the support is coincident with a vertical axis, the orientation of the body being the same in each of multiple vertically adjusted positions.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the mechanism is adapted, in use, to permit the height of the support to be adjusted. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the mechanism comprises:
 a protuberance fixedly coupled in use to the receiver; and   a member having a plurality of sockets, the member extending substantially vertically in use such that the sockets are vertically spaced apart from one another, each socket being adapted to grippingly receive the protuberance.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support defines a concave surface which, in use by the person, is configured to follow the contour of the buttocks of the person, the support further defining a convex surface leading upwardly from the concave surface and a convex surface leading downwardly from the concave surface. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , the support further comprising a plastic body in which a further socket is defined and further having a resilient foam cover engaging the plastic body. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , the mechanism further comprising a pair of nuts engaging the upper and lower bolts. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising the backing plate being incorporated into a receiver and further including a slider and a lever pivotally mounted to the slider and terminating in a pintle such that pivoting of the lever releases the pintle from a toothed plate molded within said body to permit displacement of the support relative to the backing plate. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus according to  claim 7 , further comprising a pair of flanges extending from the backing plate, the flanges each having upper and lower apertures. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus according to  claim 8 , the mechanism further comprising:
 a capture plate with a vertically extending channel, the toothed plate positioned below the capture plate and having a plurality of grooved sockets; an upper bolt extending between the upper pair of apertures and through the channel in the capture plate; and   a lower bolt extending between the lower pair of apertures such that, and upon displacing the upper bolt vertically along the channel, the lower bolt engages a selected one of the grooved sockets to permit the support to be moved between positions displaced from one another along the vertical axis.