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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2024
Rubber City Bracing Company Llc, Akron, OH (US);
Dustin Ducharme, Littleton, CO (US);
Annunziato Amendola, Durham, NC (US);
Bryan Den Hartog, Urbandale, IA (US);
David B. Kay, Akron, OH (US);
Anthony Perera, Cardiff, GB;
Brian Milliff, Kirtland, OH (US);
Patrick Brown, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Rubber City Bracing Company LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of donning a rear-entry ankle brace includes positioning the brace on a mid-foot and a lower leg portion to span an ankle joint, with a distal end portion extending over a top and medial and lateral sides of the mid-foot, and with a proximal end extending over a front and medial and lateral sides of the lower leg portion; attaching leg straps in tension on a front of the brace; and extending a foot strap from a first end under the brace so as to define a plantar surface of the brace and further extending the foot strap over a front of an intermediate portion to the medial side of the brace for attaching a second end of the foot strap on the medial side of the brace, with the first and second ends of the foot strap being both located on the medial side.