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US5846168:
Hand appliance for quadriplegic kinestherapy
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Murray, Jeffrey L.; West Brook, CT 06498
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-12-08
/ 1997-05-16
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| Application Number: |
US1997000857553
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 23/12;
A63B 71/00;
IPC-7:
A63B 21/065;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B21/14A8H; A63B21/14A8; A63B21/14A8W; K63B71/00H;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
482/105;
002/158;
002/161.1;
002/161.4;
482/139;
602/064;
Original:
482/105;
482/139;
002/161.1;
002/161.4;
002/158;
602/064;
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482/044,105,106,139
602/021,22,62,64
601/001,40
002/016,158,159,160,161.1,161.2,161.5,161.6,161.7,162,910,917
623/061,62
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| Abstract: |
A hooked plate is pivotally attached to a generally straight plate which is strapped between the user's wrist and forearm with the pivot near the wrist. An elastic strip holds the fingers on a tongue on the outer circumference of the hooked plate. The appliance walls, openings, and the fastening arrangement for the strip to the hooked plate and for attaching the straight plate to the users arm are for enabling self mounting on the hand by the quadriplegic user.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Seemann, Robert A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Clark, Jeanne M.;
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/539,455, filed Oct. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,685,809.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A kinestherapy appliance for wearing on a hand and forearm of a user, said appliance comprising:
- said appliance having a front, a back, a wrist area and a hand area,
- a first plate on the front of said appliance, being elongated, rigid, and having a first end and a second end,
- first means for fastening mounted on said appliance close to the wrist area of the appliance proximal of the hand area of the appliance, configured for attaching, said first plate to the user's forearm over the front of the user's forearm,
- a second plate on the front of said appliance, being elongated, U-shaped, rigid, and having a first end and a second end, said first end being on a first leg of the U-shape which curves forward from said first leg to a second leg, and said second end being on the second leg of the U-shape,
- said first end of said second plate being connected to said first end of said first plate on the front of said appliance so that the apex of the U-shape is distal from said first plate, and said second end of said second plate is proximal from said apex, said second leg being forward of said first leg,
- said second plate being positioned and configured to receive at least the second through fourth fingers of the hand wrapped over and around the apex of the U-shaped plate,
- a first strip, being flexible, having a first end connected to said appliance, and having a second end,
- second means for fastening configured for temporarily fastening said second end of said first strip to said second end of said second plate so that the at least second through fourth fingers of a hand in said appliance are held on said second plate on the front of said appliance by said first strip against the backs of the fingers,
- said second end of said first strip being configured to extend over the ends of fingers held on said second plate by said first strip.
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