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Ankle brace

  • US 5,007,417 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1990
  • Issued: 04/16/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ankle brace comprising:

  • a flexible base configured to fit around the rearward and side portions of the foot and ankle having medial and lateral forward edges positionable in straddling spaced apart relationship to the foot and ankle on medial and lateral sides thereof;

    tongue means separate from the base configured to cover the front superior ankle and foot portions between the lateral and medial forward edges of the base, said tongue means having a tongue member narrower than the distance between the forward edges of the base when positioned on a foot and a first edge positionable in parellel spaced side-by-side relationship to the medial edge of the base, and a second edge positionable in parallel spaced side-by-side relationship to the lateral edge of the base when the base and tongue means are installed on a foot;

    first lace fastening means including lace eyelets and a lace cooperating between the first edge of the tongue member and the medial edge of the base to fasten them together, and second lace fastening means including lace eyelets and a lace cooperating between the second edge of the tongue means and the lateral edge of the base to fasten them together and secure the tongue member and the base in encompassing relationship to a foot and ankle.

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