US 12,295,871 B2
Universal knee brace handle
Bryan Balentine, Birmingham, AL (US)
Appl. No. 17/779,543
Filed by Imprint Performance, LLC, Hoover, AL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/061741
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108287, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,780, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000656 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0123 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle for a knee brace, the handle comprising:
a body including a top portion, a bottom portion opposite of the top portion, a front side, and a rear side opposite of the front side;
a resiliently biased front cavity member disposed on the front side of the body and defining a hinge, wherein the resiliently biased front cavity member hingedly pivots between a closed cavity position and an open cavity position;
a rear cavity member disposed on the rear side of the body and opposite of the resiliently biased front cavity member;
a cavity defined by the resiliently biased front cavity member and the rear cavity member, the cavity having an inner profile;
a releasable fastener configured to secure the resiliently biased front cavity member in the closed cavity position, wherein either of the resiliently biased front cavity member or the rear cavity member include one or more inner grooves; and
an insert configured to be cooperatively received in the cavity, the insert including a slot having a differing inner profile from the inner profile of the cavity, the insert comprising a resiliently biased hinge configured to move between a closed insert position and an open insert position.