Patent ID: 7615026
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An ankle brace, comprising: a substantially U-shaped stirrup member, including a substantially flat bottom portion adapted to extend horizontally under a wearer's foot, and including left and right upright portions adapted to extend upwardly along the left and right sides of the wearer's foot; and left and right pivot leg members pivotably attached to said left and right upright portions at left and right pivot points, respectively, each of said pivot points defining a pivot axis; wherein each of said left and right upright portions defines a first strap-receiving slot extending forward of its respective pivot axis, with the first strap-receiving slot on the left upright portion lying opposite the first strap-receiving slot on the right upright portion, and each of said left and right upright portions also defines a second strap-receiving slot parallel to the respective first strap-receiving slot, each of said strap-receiving slots being elongated and having first and second ends, first and second sides, and a length, and the first and second slots on each upright portion being aligned side-to-side with each other so they are coextensive for at least a portion of their length.