Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Reexamination Certificate
1994-03-29
2001-12-11
Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3301)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
C602S027000, C128S882000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328707
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention will allow a person engaging in any athletic activity, to function normally and uninhibited by its presence, yet when a twist occurs provide the support necessary to keep the ankle from injury.
Background information on an orthopedic shoe or device attached thereto is contained in Sichau U.S. Pat. No. 3,805,773 a device that provides support to the leg and foot of a patient that is experiencing difficulty during walking. Also reference is made in Harding U.S. Pat. No. 453,475 an orthopedic shoe that claimed to be less painful and more efficient to a person with deformed feet. Moreover, Semeleder U.S. Pat. No. 1,114,389 an apparatus for correcting foot crookednesses provides background information that most closely effects the invention heretofore made.
SUMMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of this invention is to provide an orthopedic athletic shoe that will preclude the athlete from twisting the ankle to an injurious position while competing in activities that require speed, agility and flexibility. This will be accomplished by a leg strapping means attached to the lower leg right above the ankle, a housing that has a hole at the top of it with a disk enclosed attached to said leg strapping member, a joint attaching to said disk on one end and an arm extention on the other which in turn, attaches to another joint located adjacent to the middle of the ankle. A second arm extention will attach to said joint adjacent to the ankle and extend down to the foot where it attaches to a third joint which attaches to a disk enclosed in a housing that is attached to the foot. The disk within the housing is smaller than the housing to allow said disk to move freely within the housing, and consequently allow the foot and ankle to move freely uninhibited by the apparatus. However, if a twisting or turning of the ankle occurs said shoe would restrain the ankle and foot and keep the athlete from injury.
REFERENCES:
patent: 453475 (1891-06-01), Harding
patent: 1114389 (1914-10-01), Semeleder
patent: 1585828 (1926-05-01), Bierig
patent: 2531486 (1950-11-01), Weber
patent: 2871852 (1959-03-01), Miller
patent: 3805773 (1974-04-01), Sichau
patent: 4691698 (1987-09-01), Bremer
patent: 4969452 (1990-11-01), Petrofsky
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