Patent ID: 7364556

Claim:
A wrist brace comprising: a sheet of flexible material having a distal edge configured to extend at least partially around a hand of a wearer, a proximal edge configured to extend at least partially around a forearm of a wearer, and a pair of opposing lateral edges configured to at least partially overlap each other so that the sheet of material extends around the wrist of the wearer, wherein the distal edge extends between the lateral edges; at least one lateral edge fastener attached at one end to the sheet of material and configured to extend over one of the lateral edges and attach at another end to the sheet of flexible material so as to secure the sheet of material about the wrist; a thumb opening defined within the sheet of flexible material between the lateral edges and having a distal thumb opening edge proximate the distal edge; and a break defined in the sheet of flexible material and extending within the sheet of material from the distal edge towards the proximal edge to the thumb opening, wherein the break, the distal edge, and the distal thumb opening edge define a thumb strap, said thumb strap having a thumb strap fastener and being configured to extend between a thumb and an index finger of the wearer, and over the break, to attach to the sheet of material via the thumb strap fastener so as to enclose the thumb of the wearer within the thumb opening.