pump is communicated to the interior of the neck brace after the neck brace is secured around the neck of the patient the vacuum hand pump is manipulated to remove air from the neck brace to form a rigid mold about the patient 39 s neck the vacuum hand pump has a one way directional valve so that the neck brace remains in a rigid configuration for as long as the neck brace is applied to the patient the vacuum hand pump also includes a plurality of springs which assist the user in completing a vacuum pump cycle to release the neck brace the user opens a release valve which allows ambient air to refill the neck brace and increase its flexibility application_number US 201514962862 A description greater detail of the illustrated embodiments of the current invention may be had by turning to fig1 and 2 which shows the current neck brace denoted generally by reference numeral 10 fig1 shows a frontal view of the brace 10 which comprises of a body 12 that is substantially rectangular in shape the body 12 itself comprises a neck cutout 14 and a plurality of shoulder cutouts 16 the neck cutout 14 and shoulder cutouts 16 are sized and defined in the body 12 at the appropriate locations so that when the neck brace 10 is applied to a patient 39 s neck region the neck cutout 14 appropriately accommodates the jaw and head of the patient while the shoulder cutouts 16 accommodate the shoulders and chest region of the patient as is.