Date of download: 11/10/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Kinetostatic Formulation for Load-Flow Visualization in Compliant Mechanisms J. Mechanisms Robotics. 2013;5(2):021007-021007-9. doi:10.1115/1.4023872 Figure Legend: Understanding the working of a lumbar support mechanism [17] (a) Transferring the user's weight to deform the lumbar support (b) base structure consisting of the lumbar support surface and an additional beam support, and (c) CT sets that constitute the mechanism topology