US 2025/0186237 A1Published application

Curved linkage system for a shoulder brace

AssigneeBreg, Inc.

InventorGary Bledsoe

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a curved linkage system for connecting an arm support to a waist plate of a shoulder brace, the curved linkage system comprising two curved link pairs that each comprise an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body, wherein the two curved links of each curved link pair are positioned in parallel so the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other, the first curved link of the first curved link pair is configured to connect to a support lug protruding from the waist plate through the proximal cylindrical joints, the proximal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair fit inside the distal cylindrical joints of the first curved link pair when connected.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A curved linkage system for connecting an arm support to a waist plate of a shoulder brace, the curved linkage system comprising:

(a) a first curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the first curved link is configured to connect to a support lug protruding from the waist plate through the proximal cylindrical joints, and
(iii) the distal cylindrical joints of the first curved link pair are configured to connect to proximal cylindrical joints of a second curved link pair;
and
(b) a second curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so that the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the proximal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair fit inside the distal cylindrical joints of the first curved link pair when connected, and
(iii) distal joints of the second curved link are configured to connect to a pivot post protruding from a bottom surface of the arm support.

8 more elements

A curved linkage system for connecting an arm support to a waist plate of a shoulder brace, the curved linkage system comprising:

(a) a first curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the first curved link is configured to connect to a support lug protruding from the waist plate through the proximal cylindrical joints, and
(iii) the distal cylindrical joints of the first curved link pair are configured to connect to proximal cylindrical joints of a second curved link pair;
and
(b) a second curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so that the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the proximal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair fit inside the distal cylindrical joints of the first curved link pair when connected, and
(c) a third curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so that the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the proximal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair fit inside the distal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair when connected, and
(d) a fourth curved link pair comprising an upper curved link and a lower curved link that each comprise a proximal cylindrical joint and a distal cylindrical joint connected by an elongated body,
wherein:
(i) the two curved links are positioned in parallel so that the proximal cylindrical joints, the elongated bodies, and the distal cylindrical joints are each aligned with each other,
(ii) the proximal cylindrical joints of the second curved link pair fit inside the distal cylindrical joints of the third curved link pair when connected, and
(iii) distal joints of the fourth curved link are configured to connect to a pivot post protruding from a bottom surface of the arm support.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.