Patent ID: 7371221

Claim:
A cervical brace and therapy device for use to rehabilitate an injured neck of a person comprising: a. a base support structure shaped to fit about the neck and rest on the shoulders of the person; b. a support ring assembly having a circular grooved track, said entire circular grooved track is configured to be receivable about and circumferentially surround a wearer's neck; the support ring assembly attachable to the base support structure in a horizontal position below the mandible of the person, the support ring assembly having an anterior section and a posterior section; the circular grooved track further having a series of horizontally extending openings spaced apart a known distance and extending through the circular grooved track; the circular grooved track further having at least two removable stop members extendable horizontally through the horizontally extending openings in the circular grooved track corresponding to a predetermined range of rotation, the stop removable members being variably positionable in the circular grooved track, c. a rotational curved member having a substantially half-circle shape, said entire rotational curved member is configured to partially surround a wearer's neck and is a member shaped to operatively and exactly mate with the circular grooved track of the support ring assembly in a manner to rotate about the circular grooved track; wherein each of the at least two removable stop members is affixable in at least two or more positions in the circular grooved track adapted to extend through one of said horizontally extending openings in the circular grooved track to limit the rotational curved range of the rotational member about the circular grooved track to a variably pre-determined rotational range; d. an occipital-mandible support member shaped to accommodate the mandible and the occipital portions of the head of the person, the occipital-mandible support member being attachable to the rotational curved member in a manner to permit the occipital-mandible support member a predetermined range of rotation; and e. wherein the occipital-mandible support member is configured to provide a degree of motion of 0 degrees and 210 degrees, and at least one other mechanically restricted user-selectable degree of motion in-between.