US 12,083,033 B2
Adjustable finger splint
Andrew C. Skelton, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Andrew C. Skelton, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,869.
Application 18/155,869 is a continuation of application No. 16/486,042, granted, now 11,576,806, previously published as PCT/US2019/015939, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,375, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149200 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/058 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/05866 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable finger splint comprising:
a slide having a first surface with one or more protrusions defining a first ratchet component;
a main body to releasably couple to the slide to allow the slide to move relative to the main body, the main body including:
a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) platform; and
a frame coupled to the MCP platform, the frame extending upward from the main body and defining a cavity, the cavity to receive a finger of a user and the slide, the cavity having a slide platform along an interior bottom surface including with one or more protrusions defining a second ratchet component, the second ratchet component to mate with the first ratchet component in at least two different positions.