US 11,712,359 B2
Connector for an orthopedic device
Valgeir Petursson, Reykjavik (IS); and Halldor Albertsson, Reykjavik (IS)
Assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed by OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/154,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,104, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,935, filed on Oct. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0105189 A1, Apr. 11, 2019
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 5/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0123 (2013.01) [A61F 5/05 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0148 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0158 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0172 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0181 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a buckle assembly having a base part;
a strap mount formed from a polymeric material and flexibly depending from the buckle assembly, the strap mount comprising a mount body integrally connected to the base part such that the base part is rigid when the strap mount bends relative thereto, the strap mount having one or more mount parts extending away from the mount body, each mount part having a connection interface at an end portion thereof configured to secure a textile strap;
wherein the one or more mount parts include first and second mount parts extending in first and second directions, respectively, at first and second angles, respectively, relative to a center lateral axis of the base part, the first and second angles being different from one another;
wherein the first and second mount parts are divided by a clearance formed through a thickness of the strap mount, the first and second mount parts commence at the clearance;
wherein the buckle assembly has a lever pivotally and lockingly connected to a pivot point to the base part;
wherein the strap mount defines along at least one side thereof a recess resulting in a reduced thickness region, the recess being located between the clearance and the base part, the recess defines first graduated tapered sections adjacent to the base part, and second graduated sections extending into the first and second strap mounts;
wherein the first and second mount parts are pivotable relative to one another in first and second rotational directions, respectively, about an inward point of the clearance at the mount body.