Patent ID: 9522075
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An ankle support for facilitating use of an ankle joint of a person, the person being afflicted by an ankle roll injury by supporting the injured ankle while wearing shoes or sandals wearing over a person's lower leg and foot as an aid for facilitating mobility to facilitate mobility of the user and the injured ankle joint, the ankle support comprising: a yoke made of a semi-rigid, flexible material, the yoke having a shin portion and a generally planar flat stirrup portion, the flat stirrup portion extending away from the shin portion in a horizontal manner when the shin portion is in a vertical position; a removable cap that is adapted for extending over the stirrup portion of the yoke, the cap further having a groove for engaging the stirrup portion of the yoke; a shin section cover, the shin section cover adapted for extending over the shin portion of the yoke and includes a groove that will accept a mating portion of the yoke, so that the shin section cover can be varied independently of the cap, and so that the ankle support may be worn with the cap engaged over the stirrup portion and between the foot and the stirrup portion, and without the cap while wearing shoes.