How do i get an iphone backup off time machine

good day. i have an iphone 4s running ios5.1 that has a corrupted backup using itunes 10.6.1 on my macbook pro using lion 10.7.3.
i would like to restore my iphone from a previous backup from time machine, however i don't wish to restore my whole computer for just this purpose.
i do not know the location of the time machine iphone backup.
any suggestions?
i did restore the itunes files (minus music) and this did not work.
all of this because i can't receive mms with t-mobile and i fooled with the settings, ugh!
thanks

The backup would be in your user's home directory:
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
other info - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946

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