US 11,938,051 B2
Height, depth and circumferential adjustment mechanisms for cervical collar
Alexis Doty, Carlsbad, CA (US); Tara VandenBerg, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); Robert Bejarano, Carlsbad, CA (US); Kevin Patrick Larmer, San Marcos, CA (US); J. Andrew Moulds, Encinitas, CA (US); Jeffrey M. Mullally, La Mesa, CA (US); and Paul J. Klock, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to DJO, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by DJO, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,462.
Application 17/966,462 is a division of application No. 16/879,086, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,471,315.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,374, filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,496, filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,510, filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,958, filed on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,023, filed on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,028, filed on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,984, filed on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,971, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047469 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/055 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/055 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/0197 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A cervical collar comprising:
an anterior component (100) comprising:
a one-piece shell (110) comprising:
a chin portion (130) including a first lateral chin portion (135) and a second lateral chin portion (145), and
a body portion (170) including a first lateral body portion (184) integrally coupled to the first lateral chin portion by a first deforming portion (160) and a second lateral body portion (194) integrally coupled to the second lateral chin portion by a second deforming portion (161); and
a latching adjustment mechanism (200) configured to simultaneously raise and lower the first and second lateral chin portions substantially vertically with respect to the body portion.