Patent ID: 7753865

Claim:
In ankle brace apparatus, the combination comprising a) a foot and ankle holder having a lower foot portion, and having an upper ankle portion with opposite first and second sides, said upper ankle portion including: i) a guide loop having opposite sections, ii) a first orthopedic strap anchored to one section for passing about a user's ankle or lower leg, and then passage through the loop to extend in a first tightening direction, iii) a second orthopedic strap anchored to another said section to extend in a second and opposite tightening direction, relative to said ankle or lower leg, iv) whereby the two straps extending in said first and second directions can be manually pulled in said directions to tighten the first strap about said ankle or lower leg, v) and the two tensioned straps then connected by push together connection to tightened extents of the first strap to hold tension transmission via said loop sections and straps, b) support strap structure operatively connected to said holder to extend under said foot portion and then to extend generally upwardly and rearwardly for removable retention to at least one of said opposite sides at a retention zone, or zones, c) wherein in planar flattened and extended position of the brace the first strap extends leftwardly and angularly downwardly, said second strap extends rightwardly and angularly downwardly, and said support strap structure is elongated and extends downwardly between said first and second straps and forms acute angles therewith, said first and second straps having anchoring ends located at substantially the same zone of the holder structure.