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US5456650:
Ergonomic exercising and bracing device
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Williams, Jr., Charlton H.; Marietta, GA
Nelson, Larry G.; Marietta, GA
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| Assignee: |
Natraflex Systems, Inc., Seale, AL
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| Published / Filed: |
1995-10-10
/ 1993-11-12
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| Application Number: |
US1993000151728
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 23/16;
A63B 21/02;
A63B 21/045;
A63B 23/14;
IPC-7:
A63B 23/16;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B21/14D2; A63B23/16; K63B21/045; K63B21/02D; K63B23/14;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
482/047;
002/161.2;
473/212;
482/049;
482/124;
Original:
482/047;
482/049;
482/124;
273/189.A;
002/161.2;
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| Field of Search: |
002/255,256,161.1,161.2,161.4,161.6,162,166
482/047,49,124
602/021,22
273/188 R,189 A,189 R
D02/616,617,620
D21/198
601/040
128/878,879
473/061
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| Abstract: |
A device for exercising the fingers, hands, and forearms of a user while bracing the wrist of the user. The device incorporates flexible, resilient rods made of a material such as a composite. The rods are configured to extend from a tip of the finger to at least base of the finger. A brace is provided which extends across the back of the hand and across the back of the wrist of the user.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Apley, Richard J.; Clark, Jeanne M.
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| Parent Case: |
RFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/923,044, filed Jul. 31, 1992 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,453,064.
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| Designated Country: |
AU CA EP JP KR NO JP
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A device for exercising and bracing the hand of a user, the device comprising:
- a support shaped and configured to extend up at least two adjacent fingers;
- flexible, inextensible, resilient rods having resistance to bending and operatively associated with the support and being configured to extend approximately from the tip of the fingers of the user to at least the base of the fingers;
- means for maintaining the rods in operative association with the fingers of the user such that the resilience and resistance to bending of the rod cause the hand to be exercised when the user attempts to close the hand or to maintain the hand in a closed or partially closed position;
- a brace operatively associated with the support, the brace configured to extend at least partly across the back of the hand of the user and at least partly across the back of the wrist of the user; and
- means for holding the brace firmly against the back of the hand and back of the wrist of the user such that extension or flexion of the wrist is resisted while permitting adduction and abduction, wherein said support is configured such that said rods extend at an acute angle from a line defined by the longitudinal axis of the forearm of the user, where the acute angle is ergonmically determined based on the use of the device.
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