Multi-purpose knee brace kit and accessories therefor

A knee brace kit for use by a user, the user's leg having a knee flexion/extension axis, the knee brace kit comprising:

• a) a knee brace having a longitudinal knee brace centerline and including:
• i) a leg encircling arrangement for encircling the user's at least thigh and calf,
• ii) a leg fastening arrangement mounted on said leg encircling arrangement for strapping said leg encircling arrangement on the user's thigh and calf, and
• iii) an at least one triple anchor arrangement of an outside leg triple point anchor arrangement and an inside leg triple anchor arrangement mounted on said leg encircling arrangement,
• each said triple anchor arrangement includes an opposite pair of a thigh anchor and a calf anchor, and a strut,
• a said thigh anchor including a thigh anchor blind bore facing the user's calf,
• a said calf anchor including a calf anchor blind bore facing the user's thigh,
• a said strut including:
• a thigh strut member with a thigh strut member distal end having a thigh strut member abutment surface and adjacent thigh strut member cogs,
• a calf strut member with a calf strut member proximal end having a calf strut member abutment surface and adjacent calf strut member cogs, and
• a strut anchor between said thigh strut member distal end and said calf strut member proximal end for deployment at the knee's flexion/extension axis, said strut anchor including a bending resistance member holder;
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• b) at least one initially generally straight bending resistance member configured for being removably mounted on a said triple anchor arrangement,
• each said bending resistance member having a pair of opposite bending resistance member free ends configured for longitudinal sliding insertion into said opposite pair of said thigh anchor blind bore and said calf anchor blind bore, and insertion in a said bending resistance member holder,
• whereby, in use on wearing a knee brace, each said bending resistance member is lateral to a said strut relative to a user's leg,
• such that, in use, on a user straightening his knee, said thigh strut member abutment surface abuts said calf thigh strut member abutment surface, and on the user bending his knee, said thigh strut member cogs mesh with said calf strut member cogs.