US 12,357,490 B2
Back brace with enhanced height support and adjustment capability
Brandon Solotoff, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to PREFERRED PRESCRIPTION, INC., Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed by Preferred Prescription, Inc., Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,893.
Application 18/449,893 is a division of application No. 17/723,918, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 17/723,918 is a continuation of application No. 16/986,459, filed on Aug. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,324,622, issued on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,271, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016646 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/024 (2013.01) [A61F 5/028 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A back brace comprising:
a first flexible belt member;
a second flexible belt member;
a back plate; wherein at least one side of said back plate is contoured to support a first portion of a back region of a wearer;
means for releasably securing said back plate to said first flexible belt member;
means for releasably securing said back plate to said second flexible belt member;
wherein said back plate comprises: a plurality of openings, said plurality of openings being spaced apart a distance in a vertical direction;
a height adjustment member; wherein one side of said height adjustment member is contoured to support a second portion of the back region of the wearer;
wherein said height adjustment member comprises: a pair of protrusions;
wherein each said protrusion comprises: a rectangular shape;
wherein each said opening correspondingly comprises: a rectangular-shaped periphery;
wherein each protrusion of said height adjustment member is configured to releasably couple said height adjustment member to said back plate, at each of a plurality of different height-adjusted positions;
wherein a total number of said plurality of openings is greater than said pair of protrusions to provide discrete incremental changes for the plurality of different height-adjusted positions;
wherein each said protrusion comprises: a trapezoidal-shaped cross section with a first angled side and a second angled side, wherein said first angled side accommodates engagement with said respective openings, and said second angled side accommodates disengagement from said respective openings, and wherein a base of the trapezoidal-shaped cross section extends between the first and second angled sides, forming an undersurface of the trapezoidal-shaped cross section opposite a rectangular uppermost surface of each protrusion.