Patent ID: 8414512

Claim:
A shoulder orthosis comprising: an arm retainer having a front side and a rear side and configured to engage an arm associated with an affected shoulder opposite an unaffected shoulder; an over-the-shoulder strapping segment supporting said arm retainer, having an anterior end and a posterior end and having an adjustable length selectively set to a first adjusted over-the-shoulder length, wherein said over-the-shoulder strapping segment at said first adjusted over-the-shoulder length is extendable from said anterior end of said over-the-shoulder strapping segment across the anterior of the torso, over the unaffected shoulder and across the posterior of the torso to said posterior end of said over-the-shoulder strapping segment; an under-the-arm strapping segment having an anterior end and a posterior end and having an adjustable length selectively set to a first adjusted under-the-arm length, wherein said under-the-arm strapping segment at said first adjusted under-the-arm length is extendable from said anterior end of said under-the-arm strapping segment across the anterior of the torso, under the arm associated with the unaffected shoulder and across the posterior of the torso to said posterior end of said under-the-arm strapping segment; and a first buckle coupling, an anterior unitary ring connected to said first buckle coupling and a second buckle coupling, wherein said first buckle coupling and said second buckle coupling define a buckle selectively transitionable between a closed buckled condition with said first buckle coupling and said second buckle coupling latched together in engagement with one another and an open unbuckled condition with said first buckle coupling and said second buckle coupling unlatched and disengaged from one another, wherein said under-the-arm strapping segment and said over-the-shoulder strapping segment are engagingly attached to said anterior unitary ring, thereby connecting said under-the-arm strapping segment and said over-the-shoulder strapping segment, and wherein said arm retainer is anteriorly connected to said second buckle coupling proximal to said front side of said arm retainer, thereby connecting said under-the-arm strapping segment and said over-the-shoulder strapping segment to said arm retainer when said buckle is in said closed buckled condition and when said buckle is transitioned to said open unbuckled condition, thereby disconnecting said under-the-arm strapping segment and said over-the-shoulder strapping segment from said arm retainer while maintaining said under-the-arm strapping segment and said over-the-shoulder strapping segment anteriorly connected to one another and maintaining said adjustable length of said over-the-shoulder strapping segment at said first adjusted over-the-shoulder length and said adjustable length of said under-the-arm strapping segment at said first adjusted under-the-arm length.