US 11,883,316 B2
Wrist brace with enhanced lacing
Eric Lee Gaylord, Matthews, NC (US)
Assigned to Medical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Medical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,016.
Application 17/220,016 is a division of application No. 15/355,463, filed on Nov. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,966,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/400,343, filed on Sep. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/257,933, filed on Nov. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212854 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/05866 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0118 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrist brace, comprising:
a U-shaped support sleeve having a dorsal section, a radius section, and a palmar section, wherein the radius section is contiguously positioned between the dorsal section and the palmar section;
an ulnar panel connecting the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section and the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, the ulnar panel being affixed to the U-shaped support sleeve such that together the U-shaped support sleeve and the ulnar panel form a closed wrist-brace sleeve;
dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section;
palmar lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section;
a lacing closure tab having one or more closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms; and
a lace having (i) a first end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a proximal end of the U-shaped support sleeve and (ii) a second end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a distal end of the U-shaped support sleeve, wherein the lace has (i) its first end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a proximal end of the palmar section and (ii) its second end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a distal end of the palmar section, and wherein the lace is freely threaded through the respective dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms, palmar lace-redirection mechanisms, and closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms.
 
16. A wrist brace, comprising:
a U-shaped support sleeve having a dorsal section, a radius section, and a palmar section, wherein the radius section is contiguously positioned between the dorsal section and the palmar section;
an ulnar panel connecting the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section and the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, the ulnar panel being affixed to the U-shaped support sleeve such that together the U-shaped support sleeve and the ulnar panel form a closed wrist-brace sleeve;
dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section;
palmar lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section;
a lacing closure tab having one or more closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms; and
a lace having (i) a first end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section and (ii) a second end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, and
wherein, in a direction along a length of the palmar section, the palmar lace-redirection mechanisms are positioned between the lace's first end and the lace's second end.