Knee strap
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsCindy Lamping, Sherry Hinds, Suzanne Mernyk
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Abstract
A knee strap comprised of an elongated flexible member having a tubular member secured to one surface thereof in a cloth pouch, a buckle on one end of the strap which cooperates with the other end of the strap to secure the strap around a human leg, the tubular member being positioned to enable the tubular member to bear immediately below the patella while the buckle bears on the side of the knee, and not the front or back.
Claims7
A knee strap comprising an elongated flexible member having a length sufficient to encircle a human patient's leg at a point immediately below the patella of said human patient's leg, said strap having a first end and a second end, a tubular member positioned on the strap in an orientation that is offset to the left or right of the midpoint of the length of the strap, and wherein the tubular member is encased within a cloth pouch affixed to one surface of the strap, at least one of said ends being provided with a fastener which is adjustably engagable with the other-end of the strap or with a surface of the strap to adjustably secure the strap around the side of a human patient's knee said tubular member having a length of about 3.25 inches, an outside diameter of about 0.375 inches and is positioned about 4½ to 5 inches from the tip of said other end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.