Ankle support brace

An ankle brace of the type which is disposed both about a person's lower leg and beneath the person's foot, comprising:

• a foot plate adapted to lie beneath the person's foot, the foot plate having a lateral side and a medial side;
• a lateral upright extending upward from the lateral side of the foot plate, wherein edge portions of the foot plate and the lateral upright proximate their juncture with one another are outwardly curved;
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• a medial upright extending upward from the medial side of the foot plate.

An ankle brace of the type which is disposed both about a person's lower leg and beneath the person's foot, comprising:

• a foot plate adapted to lie beneath the person's foot, the foot plate having a lateral side and an opposite, medial side;
• a lateral upright extending upward from the lateral side of the foot plate to an upper end having a flat, inwardly facing bearing surface;
• a lateral panel rotatably mounted to the lateral upright, proximate the upper end, the lateral panel being configured to curve about the lateral side of the person's lower leg and having a flat, oval-shaped surface which abuts the bearing surface on the lateral upright;
• a medial upright extending upward from the medial side of the foot plate to an upper end having a flat, inwardly facing bearing surface;
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• a medial panel rotatably mounted to the medial upright, proximate the upper end, the medial panel being configured to curve about the medial side of the person's lower leg and having a flat, oval-shaped surface which abuts the bearing surface on the medial upright.

An ankle brace of the type which is disposed both about a person's lower leg and beneath the person's foot, comprising:

• a foot plate adapted to lie beneath the person's foot, the foot plate having a lateral side and an opposite, relatively shorter, medial side;
• a lateral upright extending generally perpendicularly upward from the lateral side of the foot plate to an upper end;
• a lateral panel rotatably mounted to the lateral upright proximate the upper end thereof;
• a medial upright extending generally perpendicularly upward from the medial side of the foot plate to an upper end;
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• a medial panel rotatably mounted to the upper end of the medial upright proximate the upper end thereof, wherein the ankle brace is configured to be reversible, whereby the foot plate, each said upright, and each said panel occupies a like relative position on either of a person's feet.

An ankle brace of the type which is disposed both about a person's lower leg and beneath the person's foot, comprising:

• a foot plate adopted to lie beneath the person's foot, the foot plate having a lateral side and an opposite, relatively shorter medial side, wherein a plane of symmetry extends through the footplate, perpendicular to the lateral side and the medial side;
• a lateral upright extending upward from the lateral side of the foot plate to an upper end;
• a lateral panel rotatably mounted to the lateral upright proximate the upper end thereof;
• a medical upright extending upward from the medial side of the foot plate to an upper end;
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• a medical panel rotatably mounted to the upper end of the medical upright proximate the upper end thereof, wherein the ankle brace is configured to be reversible, and each said panel occupies a like relative position on either of a person's feet.