Back support device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A back support device comprising a bandage including a support pad of a substantially rigid fastening plate and a support bandage therefor, a rib plate secured at a lower and an upper end to said fastening plate arcuately from said fastening plate, a foam cushion between said fastening plate and said rib plate, said rib plate comprised of a plurality of flexible ribs substantially parallel to each other and independently flexible from each other, said ribs consisting of a resilient material and extending between an upper and a lower end of said rib plates and an upper and lower region of said fastening plate, and means for securement for said rib plate at said upper and lower regions thereof to said fastening plate.
2.
A back support device as defined in claim 1, and wherein said flexible ribs are integral with said rib plate and of the same material as said rib plate.
3.
A back support device as defined in claim 1, and wherein said rib plate is detachably secured to said fastening plate.
4.
A back support device as defined in claim 1, and wherein said rib plate arcuately, adjustably extends from said fastening plate.
5.
A back support device as defined in claim 4, wherein said rib plate at an upper and lower end thereof comprises a tongue for each end insertable into a slot in said fastening plate at a corresponding region thereof.
6.
A back support device as defined in claim 1, wherein said fastening plate is fastened by a plurality of attachments to said support bandage.
7.
A back support device as defined in claim 6, wherein said fastening plate has on each of its left and right sides, a separate strap attachment with at least one strap joined thereto at two points, said strap attachment further projecting at least one strap through slots on each side of said fastening plate through a support webbing for said fastening plate, said straps further joined to a means for anchoring to said straps a body fastening strap.
8.
A back support device as defined in claim 1 and wherein said fastening plate follows the sagittal course of a lumbar vertebral column up to the coccyx and tappers at the lower end and is bent thereafter towardly said rib plate