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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1993
Paul W Franzen, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A wrist brace to prevent injury to persons such as concrete finishers who repetitively use their arms to support themselves or exert pressure against an object is disclosed. The wrist brace has a support element for maintaining the wearer's hand in a clenched fist configuration and a planar alignment of the hand, wrist and forearm. The support element is secured to the dorsal side of the wearer's arm by straps. The brace has a hand strap for securing the support element against the hand and maintaining the hand in a clenched fist during use of the brace. The support element also has cushioning such as foamed polyurethane adjacent to the wearer's arm. The support element may also have a hinge near the forearm to permit wrist and hand portions of the support element to be rotated thereby permitting the brace to be slidably retracted along the arm when the brace is not in use. This obviates the need to remove the brace entirely from the arm. Optionally, a protective guard may be positioned on the hand portion of the support element where contact with the object such as a floor will be made.