An apparatus for improving sitting posture has a pair of cushion members and a belt or strap connected to the cushion members for attaching the cushion members to a seat back at spaced locations thereon. The device is attached to a seat back so that the cushion members are positioned along or proximate respective vertical edges of the seat back, are spaced from one another and are located at substantially the same height or vertical distance from a horizontal buttocks support member attached to the seat back.

Embodiments of the invention provide a connector for a soft or flexible article, the connector including a male structure comprising a base and a projection, the projection defining a head and a stem connecting the head to the base, the head having a diameter greater than the diameter of the stem, the male structure base defining at least one tag extending substantially perpendicular to the projection. The connector includes a carriage structure comprising a base which defines a socket arranged to receive the projection of the male structure, the carriage structure defining at least one tag extending substantially parallel to the socket. The connector also provides a guide structure which defines a guide cavity arranged to receive the male structure projection when the male structure projection is located within the socket of the carriage structure, the guide cavity defining an entry zone and a compression zone, the entry zone having a diameter greater than the diameter of the male structure projection head and the compression zone having a diameter less than the diameter of the male structure projection head. Movement of the carriage structure relative to the length of the guide cavity from the entry zone to the compression zone compresses at least a portion of the perimeter of the carriage structure socket between the guide structure and the base of the male structure.

The present invention comprises a weighted apparatus, with a non-skid bottom, that uses an attachment device, a clip in this embodiment, to secure itself to pillows, blankets or other furniture accessories for the purpose of maintaining the positioning of decorative pillows (or other furniture accessories) on low friction furniture surfaces such as leather, pleather and vinyl. The invention is non-damaging to both the pillow and the furniture.

A stool and a plurality of coverings which are held to a top of the stool via a retaining member are disclosed. In some embodiments, the stool includes a top and a base, the plurality of coverings being held to the top of the stool via the retaining member. The retaining member may be attached to the base and/or top via biasing members that pull the retaining member toward the top of the stool. The coverings include an opening through which the retaining member is passable.

A comfort pad having a visco-elastic body encased in a film and fabric adapted to transfer the long term energy distribution properties of the visco-elastic body to the user is provided. A bottom surface of the visco-elastic body may provide frictional resistance so that neither film nor fabric is required, yet the comfort pad may removably secure to a harder structure, providing comfort to the user at this pressure point. The present invention may include an attachment assembly for mechanically and removably attaching the comfort pad between the harder structure and the user.

This invention relates to a posture support (1) comprising a wedge-shaped body (3,51,131) constructed from a resiliently deformable material and means to releasably secure the wedge-shaped body to a backpack (151). The invention further relates to a backpack (151) in combination with the detachable posture support (1). The posture support (1) according to the invention may be quickly attached or detached from a backpack (151). In this way, when the posture support (1) is mounted on the backpack (151), the posture support (1) can alleviate the pressure on the spine and intervertebral discs caused by carrying the heavy backpack (1). When the posture support (1) if taken off the backpack (151), the posture support (1) may be used as a sitting posture support to alleviate the pressure on the spine caused by sitting on a flat surface. The posture support (1) is relatively inexpensive and can be produced at a fraction of the cost of many other posture supports.

A cushion tether device is provided. The device is comprised of a chain, a first end comprising at least one fastener mechanism, and a second end comprising at least one fastener mechanism. The device allows users to secure chair cushions, furniture covers, grill covers, and other outdoor lawn ornaments to prevent shifting or blowing away in various outdoor weather conditions.

A seating device for increasing use of a user's core muscles includes an adjustable air-filled bladder having generally flat top and bottom surfaces, and a significantly stiffer but resilient foam cover that fits over and matingly engages to the bladder. The cover is contoured, having both a central groove or recess that partially receives and accommodate male genitalia, and a raised ridge toward the front of the device to help keep the user properly positioned on the cover. The fluid-filled bladder is astable or wobbly, requiring the user to use his core muscles to maintain an upright, seated position, while the cover provides a comfortable contoured seat. The device can be used with an exercise device in which the user sits on the device, including on an abdominal exercise device, thus increasing both the abdomen strengthening action of the exercise as well as providing increased comfort for the user.

In one aspect, seating apparatus are described herein. In some embodiments, a seating apparatus comprises a seating surface, two arms projecting upwardly from the seating surface, and a fastening strap. The fastening strap is operable to be adjusted between a tightened position and a loosened position. When the fastening strap is adjusted to the tightened position, it is operable to restrict motion of the seating surface relative to the chair.

Presented is a releasable clip assembly operable to secure a cushion to a supporting surface, the assembly having a male component which is received in a first axis in a chassis of a female component. The clip assembly also has one or more engagement elements configurable into an open configuration to admit the male component and operable to return to a closed configuration to engage the received male component to secure it in the chassis, and one or more release elements operable when actuated transversely to the first axis to allow the engagement elements to be configured in the open configuration to release the male component.