US 11,857,450 B2
Strap attachment and orthopedic device using the same
Ryan Bakker, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Scott Seligman, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); and Jared Olivo, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed by Ossur Iceland ehf, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,445, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275339 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0125 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/0144 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0167 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strap attachment assembly for attaching a strap to a device, comprising:
a frame member belonging to the device;
a retainer;
a cable connected to the retainer having at least one segment arranged to be adjustably connected to a frame of the device, the cable being pivotally secured to the frame; and
a connector securable to an end portion of the at least one segment of the cable, the connector arranged to engage the frame and to limit extension of the first segment from the frame;
wherein the frame defines at least one opening through which the cable extends and has a first end portion retained by the frame in said at least one opening;
wherein the frame has a body defining a cavity arranged for receiving the connector;
wherein the body defines at least one guide segment within the cavity and about which the cable extends, wherein the connector is adapted to bias against the at least one guide segment;
wherein the body and the at least one guide segment form at least one channel sized to permit extension of the cable and prevent extension of the connector therein;
wherein a detent protrudes from the body toward the at least one guide segment to define a first narrowed channel is more narrow than the at least one channel;
wherein the at least one guide segment is cantilevered toward the body to form a second narrowed channel more narrow than the at least one channel.