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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold E Miller, West Branch, IA (US);
Ronald W Cheney, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 88 ;
Abstract
The knee brace of the present invention comprises a pair of elongated articulated assemblies adapted to embrace the interior and exterior surfaces of the knee. Each assembly comprises an upper member, a lower member, and a hinge pivotally interconnecting the upper and lower members. The upper and lower members each include arcuate gear surfaces which intermesh during articulated movement of the members and the hinge. The gear surfaces include annular flanges which reinforce the gear teeth on the gear surfaces.