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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1990
Kirby Smith, III, Marietta, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sleeve to hold an orthopedic knee brace in place on the knee of a person. The sleeve is elastic, e.g., neoprene, to enable it to be stretched to encircle the person's calf, and has a top end, an inner surface, an outer surface. A strap is secured to the top end of the sleeve. A brace mount is secured on the outer surface of the sleeve. The inner surface of the sleeve is resistant to sliding on the skin of the person when the sleeve is in place on the person's calf. The strap has an elongated free end portion arranged to be wrapped around at least a portion of the sleeve adjacent the top end and to be releasably secured in that position, whereupon the inside diameter of the portion of the sleeve underlying the strap is confined to a diameter which is less than the diameter of the widest portion of the wearer's calf so that the sleeve is precluded from slipping down the calf. The brace mount comprises either a Velcro (TM) component, fixedly secured to the sleeve and arranged to be releasably secured to a cooperating Velcro component fixedly secured on the first portion of the brace or a pocket into which the first portion of the brace is disposed.