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US 6,306,111 B1Granted
Rehabilitative shoulder support
OwnerJoetta G. Deaninventor
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Abstract
A rehabilitative shoulder support comprising a supple sleeve component having a pair of elastically adjustable shoulder straps and a pair of downwardly depending elastic straps, a circumferential belt having a pair of shoulder strap circumferential belt loops, the circumferential belt loops being attached to elastically adjustable shoulder straps, the pair of downwardly depending elastic straps being permanently attached to the circumferential belt.
Claims8
A rehabilitative shoulder support comprising;
- A. a sleeve component,
- I. the sleeve component having an arm portion and a shoulder portion,
- B. a first elastic strap,
- I. the first elastic strap being attached to the sleeve component shoulder portion,
- C. a first elastically adjustable shoulder strap,
- I. the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap first end being attached a the first elastic strap first end by strap attachment means,
- D. a second elastically adjustable shoulder strap,
- I. the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap first end being attached to a first elastic strap second end by strap attachment means,
- E. a first circumferential belt connector,
- I. the first circumferential belt connector having a first end and a second end,
- a. the first circumferential belt connector first end being attached to the sleeve component, midway between the arm portion and the shoulder portion,
- F. a second circumferential belt connector,
- I. the second circumferential belt connector having a first end and a second end,
- a. the second circumferential belt connector first end being attached to the sleeve component, midway between the arm portion and the shoulder portion,
- G. a circumferential belt,
- I. the circumferential belt having a first end and a second end,
- II. the circumferential belt having a wide section and a narrow section,
- III. the circumferential belt having an inner surface and an outer surface,
- a. the circumferential belt having hook and loop material located on the circumferential belt narrow section outer surface, proximate to the circumferential belt first end,
- b. the circumferential belt having hook and loop material located on the circumferential belt narrow section outer surface, proximate to the circumferential belt second end,
- IV. the circumferential belt wide section having attached thereto the first circumferential belt connector second end,
- V. the circumferential belt wide section having attached thereto the second circumferential belt connector second end,
- H. a buckle,
- I. the buckle having a first opening for passage therethrough of the circumferential belt first end,
- II. the buckle having a second opening for passage therethrough of the circumferential belt second end,
- I. a first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring,
- I. the first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being slidably attached to the circumferential belt, proximate to the circumferential belt second end,
- II. the first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being attached to the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap second end,
- J. a second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring,
- I. the second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being slidably attached to the circumferential belt, proximate to the circumferential belt first end,
- II. the second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being attached to the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap second end.
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A rehabilitative shoulder support comprising;
- A. a sleeve component,
- I. the sleeve component having an arm portion and a shoulder portion,
- II. the sleeve component being hexagonal in shape,
- B. a first elastic strap,
- I. the first elastic strap being attached to the sleeve component shoulder portion,
- C. a second elastic strap,
- I. the second elastic strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the second elastic strap being permanently attached to the periphery of the sleeve component such that the second elastic strap first end and the first elastic strap first end are adjacent to one another,
- D. a third elastic strap,
- I. the third elastic strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the third elastic strap being permanently attached to the periphery of the sleeve component such that the third elastic strap first end and the first elastic strap second end are adjacent to one another,
- E. a fourth elastic strap,
- I. the second elastic strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the fourth elastic strap being permanently attached to the sleeve component, along the periphery of the sleeve component arm portion, parallel to the first elastic strap.
- F. a first elastically adjustable shoulder strap,
- I. the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap first end being attached to a first elastic strap first end by strap attachment means,
- G. a second elastically adjustable shoulder strap,
- I. the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap having a first end and a second end,
- a. the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap first end being attached to a first elastic strap second end by strap attachment means,
- H. a first circumferential belt connector,
- I. the first circumferential belt connector having a first end and a second end,
- a. the first circumferential belt connector first end being attached to the second elastic strap second end,
- F. a second circumferential belt connector,
- I. the second circumferential belt connector having a first end and a second end,
- a. the second circumferential belt connector first end being attached to the third elastic strap second end,
- G. a circumferential belt,
- I. the circumferential belt having a first end and a second end,
- II. the circumferential belt having a wide section and a narrow section,
- III. the circumferential belt having an inner surface and an outer surface,
- a. the circumferential belt having hook and loop material located on the circumferential belt narrow section outer surface, proximate to the circumferential belt first end,
- b. the circumferential belt having hook and loop material located on the circumferential belt narrow section outer surface, proximate to the circumferential belt second end,
- IV. the circumferential belt wide section having attached thereto the first circumferential belt connector second end,
- V. the circumferential belt wide section having attached thereto the second circumferential belt connector second end,
- H. a buckle,
- I. the buckle having a first opening for passage therethrough of the circumferential belt first end,
- II. the buckle having a second opening for passage therethrough of the circumferential belt second end,
- I. a first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring,
- I. the first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being slidably attached to the circumferential belt, proximate to the circumferential belt second end,
- II. the first circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being attached to the first elastically adjustable shoulder strap second end,
- J. a second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring,
- I. the second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being slidably attached to the circumferential belt, proximate to the circumferential belt first end,
- II. the second circumferential belt loop having a D-ring being attached to the second elastically adjustable shoulder strap second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.