Garment for stabilizing a human anatomical joint

A brace garment arranged for enveloping at least in part a first knee of a first leg of a human user, the garment comprising a belt configured to be disposed to fit about a waist of the user, a plurality of inextensible web portions, and a first tension member adapted to be disposed longitudinally along a corresponding predetermined first curved three-dimensional spatial path within or on a matrix of a garment fabric along the first leg, the first predetermined path spatially relating the first tension member to at least one natural ligament of the first knee, at least one of the plurality of inextensible web portions being disposed by the first tension member to apply pressure to one of a medial and a lateral side of the first knee, a tension regulator for maintaining a tension in the first tension member when the first knee of the first leg of the human user is bent, wherein the tension regulator comprises a pulley affixed to an inextensible web portion configured to be disposed between the first knee and the waist of the user proximate the first knee.

A brace garment arranged for enveloping at least in part a first joint of a first appendage of a human user, the garment comprising a belt configured to be disposed to fit about a body part of the user, a plurality of inextensible web portions, and a first tension member configured to be disposed longitudinally along a corresponding predetermined first curved three-dimensional spatial path within or on a matrix of a garment fabric along the first appendage, the first predetermined first curved three-dimensional spatial path spatially relating the first tension member to at least one natural ligament of the first joint, at least one of the plurality of inextensible web portions being disposed by the first tension member to apply pressure to one of a first and a second side of the first joint, a tension regulator for maintaining a tension in the first tension member when the first joint of the first appendage of the human user is bent, wherein the tension regulator comprises a pulley affixed to an inextensible web portion configured to be disposed between the first joint and a waist of the user proximate the first joint.

A brace garment arranged for enveloping at least in part a first knee of a first leg of a human user, the garment comprising a belt configured to be disposed to fit about a waist of the user, a plurality of inextensible web portions, and a first tension member configured to be disposed longitudinally along a corresponding predetermined first curved three-dimensional spatial path within or on a matrix of a garment fabric along the first leg of the human user, the predetermined first curved three-dimensional spatial path spatially relating the first tension member to at least one natural ligament of the first knee, at least one of the plurality of inextensible web portions being disposed by the first tension member to apply pressure to one of a medial and a lateral side of the first knee, wherein the distal end of the first tension member is configured to be disposed to be anchored by the triceps surae of the user via a loop of the tension member extending more than once around the first leg of the user, the loop configured to be disposed to encircle the first leg of the user below the triceps surae of the first leg of the user.