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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Alpinestars Research S.p.a., Maser, IT;
Giovanni Mazzarolo, Coste di Maser, IT;
Stefano Borsato, Biadene di Montebelluna, IT;
Paolo Piovesan, Maser, IT;
Roberto Gorza, Pedavena, IT;
ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A., Maser, IT;
Abstract
A polycentric hinge for a knee brace, and knee brace including such hinge. The hinge includes first couple of hinge arms, second couple of hinge arms, and hinge body for hinging together the first couple of hinge arms and second couple of hinge arms. Each hinge arm of the first couple and each hinge arm of the second couple has a first end pivotally enclosed inside said hinge body and a second end pivotally fixed to a mounting frame. The hinge body is provided with pivoting means adapted to engage said first ends to define four different and spaced apart rotation axes extending transversally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hinge body. The first ends of each hinge arm of the second couple can be connected to each other, so that rotation of the mounting frame causes rotation of both hinge arms around their respective rotation axes.