US 11,857,449 B1
Compression braces with removable hot/cold packs
Brandon Solotoff, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Preferred Prescription, INC., Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed by PREFERRED PRESCRIPTION, INC., Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/990,038.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,150, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,277, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,591, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,587, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0125 (2013.01) [A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0144 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0197 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0042 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0043 (2013.01); A61F 2007/023 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0226 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knee brace comprising;
a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an elastic material, said sleeve formed to fit on a leg of a wearer, and to extend a distance above the knee and extend a second distance below the knee;
a first stiffening member;
a second stiffening member;
wherein said first stiffening member is coupled to said second stiffening member to crisscross to form an X-shape; and wherein said coupled first and second stiffening members are secured to a medial side of said sleeve, with its crisscrossed x-shape being centered proximate to a knee joint portion of said sleeve;
a third stiffening member;
a fourth stiffening member;
wherein said third stiffening member is coupled to said fourth stiffening member to crisscross to form an X-shape; and wherein said coupled third and fourth stiffening members are secured to a lateral side of said sleeve with its crisscrossed x-shape being positioned centered proximate to said knee joint portion of said sleeve;
a plurality of slits in said sleeve into a corresponding plurality of pockets;
a plurality of thermal packs, with one of said thermal packs received in a respective one of said plurality of pockets;
wherein said thermal packs are triangular shaped; and
wherein said plurality of pockets are each triangular-shaped and respectively sized to receive one of said triangular shaped thermal packs therein in a clearance fit;
wherein said plurality of pockets comprises four of said triangular-shaped pockets, two of said triangular-shaped pockets on said medial side of said sleeve, and two of said triangular-shaped pockets on said lateral side of said sleeve;
wherein said two of said triangular-shaped pockets on said medial side are disposed in a respective triangular shape positioned between said x-shape of said first and second stiffening members; and
wherein said two of said triangular-shaped pockets on said lateral side are disposed in a respective triangular shape positioned between said x-shape of said third and fourth stiffening members.