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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:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark J Freeman, Camberley, GB;
Assignee:
Hugh Steeper Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
602 26 ; 602 16 ; 602 20 ; 602 23 ; 16292 ; 16371 ; 16374 ;
Abstract
An orthotic caliper having at least two lockable steels for attachment to the respective limb members of the human body and having a locking pivotal connection between the steels, characterized by a releasable locking member which can be loaded in compression by the steels and which acts directly on at least one of the steels, and preferably on both of them, to lock them in a desired position when so loaded.