US 12,239,563 B2
Adjustable circumferential length lumbar sacral brace
Michael D. Modglin, Braselton, GA (US); Karen M. Clements, Knoxville, TN (US); Charles J. French, III, Knoxville, TN (US); Sarah O. Davis, Knoxville, TN (US); Michael R. Galante, Knoxville, TN (US); and Gregory S. Hodge, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US)
Filed by DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,969.
Application 18/213,969 is a continuation of application No. 17/460,600, filed on Aug. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,752,026.
Application 17/460,600 is a continuation of application No. 14/133,933, filed on Dec. 19, 2013, granted, now 11,129,742, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/746,392, filed on Dec. 27, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338180 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/028 (2013.01) 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable length brace, comprising:
an adjustable length elongate one-piece waist encircling portion having a length and opposite first and second free ends, each of the free ends having a length, the first free end being folded to adjust the length of the first free end and the second free end being folded to adjust the length of the second free end and to enable adjustment of the length of the one-piece waist encircling portion; and
first and second discrete end portions, each of the end portions being one-piece and made of a length of a flexible and foldable material and the length of each of the end portions being shorter than the one-piece waist encircling portion, the first discrete end portion being directly and releasably attachable via a first fastener to the folded first free end of the one-piece waist encircling portion so that attachment of the first discrete end portion to the folded first free end maintains the fold of the folded first free end by overlying both layers forming the fold and the second discrete end portion being directly and releasably attachable via a second fastener to the folded second free end of the one-piece waist encircling portion so that attachment of the second discrete end portion to the folded second free end maintains the fold of the folded second free end by overlying both layers forming the fold, the first and the second discrete end portions being directly connectable to one another in an over-lapping relationship.