Patent ID: 8808211

Claim:
An elastic brace assembly comprising: an elastic cross strap forming an upper mounting facility and a lower mounting facility; the elastic cross strap further forming a cross origin between the upper and lower mounting facilities whereby the cross strap provides a resistance force to an extension of the upper mounting facility and the lower mounting facility from the cross origin when the cross origin is positioned posterior to a user's joint; the elastic cross strap further comprises at least one portion forming a cross strap arm extending from the cross origin to at least one upper anterior resistance point and at least one portion forming a cross strap arm extending from the cross origin to at least one lower anterior resistance point; the upper anterior resistance point comprises a portion of the upper mounting facility and the lower anterior resistance point comprises a portion of the lower mounting facility; the elastic cross strap arms extending from the lower anterior resistance points to the upper anterior resistance points and crossing at the cross origin; the upper mounting facility further comprises an upper portion of a side brace; and the lower mounting facility further comprises a lower portion of the side brace whereby when the upper and lower anterior resistance points are positioned anterior to a thigh and shin of the user respectively and the cross origin is positioned posterior to a knee joint of the user, the elastic cross strap provides the resistance force to the extension.