Alexandra A Cherubini

US Patent:

20030195447, Oct 16, 2003

Filed:

Apr 16, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/123868

Inventors:

Alexandra Cherubini - Brooklyn NY, US
John Snowden - Byfield MA, US

International Classification:

A61F005/00

US Classification:

602/020000

Abstract:

A shoulder supporter that retains the wearer's shoulder in a desired position is constructed so that it is more comfortable to wear and easier to put on and take off. The supporter has a first strap to extend about a shoulder and a second strap coupled to the first strap for anchoring at least a portion of the first strap in an anchoring location whereby the first and second straps cooperate to maintain the shoulder in the desired position. The second strap may be configured as a torso strap. The supporter may also have a release mechanism coupled to one of the straps and is operable from a side adjacent the front of the torso for releasing at least one of the straps. In this manner, the shoulder can move relatively unrestrained from the desired position. The supporter may also include elastic element adapted to exert a variable locating force on a shoulder such that, as the shoulder moves further away from the desired position, the force on the shoulder increases.