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Adjustment device for an articulated joint brace

  • US 4,620,532 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1983
  • Issued: 11/04/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjustment device for a brace for an articulated limb, said brace including an upper arm and a lower arm, an end of each said arm being coupled together for pivoting about a joint axis, comprising:

  • a face member and a back member;

    at least two spacers located between said face member and back member separating said members, the space between said members being sufficient to receive therein said arms at said joint axis;

    means for holding said face and back members releasably together, separated by said at least two spacers;

    means for positioning said face and back members relative to said pivoting joint axis of said brace when said members are held together by said means for holding, separated by said spacers, and have said arms at said joint axis in said space between said face and back members;

    a rim extending respectively from at least one of said face and back members;

    a pair of slides for releasably clamping said rim at selectable positions along said rim, the angle formed between said pair of slides and said pivoting axis being a variable dependent upon the selected positions for clamping said slides on said rim, andinterengagement means on said rim and said slides for mechanically preventing motion of said slides along said rim when said slides are clamped to said rim, said interengagement means including teeth formed on the mating surface between said rim and said slides, said teeth intermeshing when said slides are clamped to said rim, said teeth being subject to disengagement when said slides are not clamped on said rim.

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