Patent ID: 8864695
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An adjustable brace apparatus comprising: a pair of elongate first and second wings configured for wrapping about and substantially conforming to a portion of a body of a user; an adjustment sleeve configured for slidably receiving a first end of each of the first and second wings through opposing ends of the adjustment sleeve, the first ends capable of selectively overlapping atop one another therewithin; a tightening means slidably engaged and suspended within the adjustment sleeve, the tightening means comprising: an opposing free second end of each of the first and second wings providing a means for removable engagement with one another; whereby, during use of the apparatus, with the first ends of each of the first and second wings slidably inserted into the opposing ends of the adjustment sleeve and overlapped as necessary so as to substantially approximate a circumference of the user's body portion, and with the tightening means removably engaged with the first and second wings, the user is able to selectively position and wrap the first and second wings around the user's body portion, engage the free second ends, and selectively pull the at least one cord of the tightening means to create further compression.