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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Akita, Saitama, JP;
Sumiko Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kawai, Ibaraki, JP;
Masahiko Ebina, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A short leg brace which is composed of a foot mount and a calf splint pivotably attached to each other so as to allow plantar and dorsal flexions and which is provided with a compression spring between the splint and the heel portion of the mount for elastically hindering the plantar flexion.