Leg brace

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11980559-B2
Application number	US-202117177743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2021
Priority date	Feb 21, 2020
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure can provide a leg brace capable of reducing a pain in a knee while both enhancing its convenience and reducing the burden on an ankle. the leg brace including: a first pushing part that pushes a leg of the wearer outward so that an ankle bone is positioned above a heel bone; a second pushing part that pushes the leg of the wearer inward so that the ankle bone is positioned above the heel bone; a restraint part that restrains a positional relation between the first and the second pushing parts in which they face each other across the leg of the wearer; and a placement part on which a foot of the wearer is placed, the placement part being connected to the first pushing part or the second pushing part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A leg brace that is inserted into a shoe configured to be worn by a wearer and configured to be attached to a leg of the wearer to correct alignment of an ankle bone and a heel bone of the wearer, the leg brace comprising:
a first pushing part configured to push the leg of the wearer outward so that the ankle bone is positioned above the heel bone;
a second pushing part configured to push the leg of the wearer inward so that the ankle bone is positioned above the heel bone;
a restraint part configured to restrain a positional relation between the first and the second pushing parts in which they face each other across the leg of the wearer;
a placement part for placement of a foot of the wearer, the placement part being connected to the first pushing part or the second pushing part;
a contact part configured to come into contact with at least a side part of the leg of the wearer above the first and the second pushing parts; and
a connection part that connects the contact part to the restraint part configured to be disposed on a rear side of a heel of the wearer,
wherein the first pushing part, the second pushing part, and the restraint part form a substantially U-shape when viewed from an up/down direction, and
wherein the connection part is able to be deformed in a front/rear direction of the wearer and is not be able to be deformed in a left/right direction of the wearer.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoki Eisuke
• Takeda Takahiro
• Tanabe Seiichi
• Ikeda Tomio
• Odashima Tadashi

Classifications

• A61F5/0111 Primary

  for the feet or ankles · CPC title

• A43B7/1405

  with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form · CPC title

• A61F5/0585

  for the legs (toe correcting devices A61F5/019) · CPC title

• A61F5/0127 Primary

  for the feet (A61F5/0111 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61F2005/0181

  Protectors for articulations · CPC title