Patent ID: 8784349

Claim:
A knee brace, comprising: (a) a base wearable in snug covering relationship to portions of a knee and adjacent portions of an upper leg and a lower leg of a person, the knee having a patella and the base having a first lateral side, an upper end, and a lower end; (b) a first upright support member fastened to the first lateral side, the first upright support member having a first upper portion, a first central portion, and a first lower portion, and wherein the first upright support member comprises at least one resilient stay; (c) wherein the knee brace has a front central axis when the knee brace is worn, wherein the first upper portion is at a greater lateral distance from the front central axis than the first central portion, and wherein the first central portion is at a greater lateral distance from the front central axis than the first lower portion; and (d) wherein the first lower portion extends toward the front central axis and adjacent and directly underneath at least a portion of the patella along a front surface of the lower leg, whereby the knee brace provides indirect support to the patella.