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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim Alex Nelson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David B. Winer, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
DJ Orthopedics, LLC, Vista, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A skin pinch guard is provided to prevent pinching of skin between a boot and the lower portion of a knee brace. The guard includes a pair of fasteners for removably attaching it to the lower cuff of the knee brace. The guard also preferably includes a plurality of fingers which extend into the boot so that the boot slides on the guard.