40 results about "Knee straps" patented technology

A knee rehabilitation exercise device with a right and left leg brace, a rear knee strap, an upper leg strap assembly, a lower leg strap assembly, a portable rear brace assembly and an elastic resistance band. The left and right leg brace members are each comprised of an upper member and a lower member rotatably pinned together at the area of the knee joint. The left and right leg braces are attached to the upper and lower leg strap assembly. The rear knee strap is attached to the left and right leg braces at the knee joint. When a user places the elastic band onto L hooks mounted on the upper and lower strap assembly and the rear brace assembly is placed between the rear of the user's knee and the elastic band, a resistive stretching is caused when the user straightens his leg which exercises and strengthens the user's leg muscles in the area of the knee joint.

A lower leg appliance provides padding and cushion support for the knee, ankle and hip joints in the leg, by providing a hard surfaced knee pad, a hard surfaced ankle pad and a soft surface calf and thigh pad positioned between the calf and thigh, held in place by at least three adjustable straps having a closure means, the three pads working in conjunction to provide relief and support to a persons knees, ankles and hips while squatting or kneeling during chores, activities or labor.

The described Kneepad gives its wearer the advantage of being able to kneel without putting weight on the knee. This allows someone to kneel who may not otherwise be able to do so due to a knee replacement, or some other reason that disallows application of pressure to the knee. The support mechanism is composed of rugged, load-bearing materials, such as metal or plastics. Straps provide various means of adjustment for a correct fit when attached to the thigh of the wearer above the knee. The Kneepad can be quickly and easily removed and reapplied, and does not interfere with walking. An improvement over prior kneepads that placed the knee in contact with the kneeling surface, this invention does not involve such contact, since the thigh area above the knee takes all of the pressure of kneeling. With this invention many people who have not been able to kneel previously, may be able to do so. One alternate embodiment of the invention allows a wearer to lean on a sensitive elbow. Another embodiment transfers the pressure of sitting from the pelvic-gluteal region to the waist and above for wearers recovering from surgery or injury to the lower spine, colorectal or gluteal areas.

A knee pad assembly for relieving the symptoms of patellartendinitis, including a pad adapted for being positioned against and molded onto a lower leg in the region of the knee for lying in closely-conforming relation against and applying radially-directed pressure to the attachment site of the patellar tendon to the patella, to the knee joint, and to at least one epicondyle of the tibia. The pad is hardened into a rigid structure for therapeutic use and includes an initially flexible inner substrate impregnated or coated with a reactive system. The system remains stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions and hardens upon exposure to moisture to form a rigid, self-supporting structure having a shape conforming to the lower leg to which the pad is molded during curing. A flexible cover encloses the substrate, and cooperates with the pad for maintaining the pad in its closely-conforming position against the lower leg.

A clothing adherable knee pad for a pair of shorts includes a bendable flexible arcuate pad which bends over the knee of a kneeling person. The knee pad is cantilevered downward from at least two linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps which are connected at distal ends thereof each to a respective clothing engageable clip at upper region of the knee pad, wherein each clip is attachable to a leg of a pair of short pants. The two or more linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps engage the knee pad by being attached thereto or by being woven through respective pairs of slits extending through the upper region of the knee pad. The straps are of sufficient length so that when attached to clothing, such as short pants, respective locations of the clips upon short pants legs avoids uncomfortable encroachments to respective lateral and rear areas of the knee of the user.

A clothing adherable knee pad includes a bendable flexible arcuate pad which bends over the knee of a kneeling person. At least two linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps are connected at distal ends thereof each to a respective clothing engageable clip, which is attachable to a trousers leg of a pair of pants. The two or more linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps engage the knee pad by being attached thereto or by being woven through respective pairs of slits extending through the knee pad. The straps are of sufficient length so that when attached to clothing, such as pants, respective locations of the clips upon pants legs avoids uncomfortable encroachments to respective lateral and rear areas of the knee of the user.

An apparatus for infant pants having knee pads permanently or removably mounted to an inner surface of the pants or to an infant pants inner liner. The infant pants or pants liner have internal pocket panels that extend substantially horizontally from seam to seam and are sewn by vertical, substantially parallel stitching to define generally rectangular pad pockets of desired dimensions with upwardly facing pocket openings. The pockets have retainer panels to secure a replaceable protective pad within the pad pocket. The pants have replaceable protective knee pads that are removably contained within the internal knee pockets to provide protection for crawling infants against bruises and abrasion of the knees during crawling activity.

The invention provides a flexible wearable lower limb assistant exoskeleton suit. The suit is characterized by comprising high waist short pants, knee caps, shoes, a controller, a traction belt and two drive devices. The left and right hips joints and sacrum position of the high waist short pants are all provided with gyroscope sensors. The waist position of the high waist short pants is fixedly provided with an adjustable belt. The two drive devices are symmetrically installed at the adjustable belt located at front side of the high waist short pants in a left-right mode. Each drive device is connected with the upper end of a traction belt. The lower end of the traction belt penetrates through the kneed caps to be connected with the shores. Each drive device is used for driving the corresponding ankle joint move; the three gyroscope sensors and two drive devices are all connected with the controller; the controller is used for processing the data of three gyroscope sensors and controlling the motion of power elements of the drive devices, the knee caps are located at the knee joints and is provided with a plurality of magic sticker pasting points of different lengths, and the knee caps are also provided with knee dents.

Elbow and knee guards for providing protection from fragments, bullets, projectiles, and blunt force trauma injuries. The guards contain ballistic material that is incorporated or inserted into the appropriate carriers. A rigid or semi-rigid ballistic or non-ballistic cap can also be attached to the outer portion of the guards to increase the overall protection provided. Non-ballistic energy absorption material can also be added to increase the overall protection against blunt force trauma injuries.

A kneepad includes a base, a first and second mounting ring attached to the base, and an elongated strap removably attached to the first and second mounting rings. During use, the base is placed over a knee of user. The elongated strap is placed behind the knee of the user and a first end of the elongated strap is wrapped around the knee and inserted into the first mounting ring. A second end of the elongated strap is then wrapped around the knee and inserted into the second mounting ring. The first and second ends of the elongated strap are pulled through the first and second mounting rings to obtain a desired tension between the kneepad and the knee. Once the desired tension is obtained, the kneepad is secured to the knee.

A medical knee bandage having a sheathing body of material that is elastic in at least some sections and is open on opposing ends and forms a closed sheathing jacket that is under tangential elastic stress when applied around a human knee area. A removal aid which is designed as a separation that is closable, for example by a zipper, extends over some or all of the length of the sheathing body.

A knee rehabilitation exercise device comprised of a right and left leg brace, a rear knee strap, an upper leg strap assembly, a lower leg strap assembly, a portable rear brace assembly and an elastic resistance band. The left and right leg brace members are each comprised of an upper member and a lower member rotatably pinned together at the area of the knee joint. The left and right leg braces are attached to the upper and lower leg strap assembly. The rear knee strap is attached to the left and right leg braces at the knee joint. When a user places the elastic band onto L hooks mounted on the upper and lower strap assembly and the rear brace assembly is placed between the rear of the user's knee and the elastic band, a resistive stretching is caused when the user straightens his leg which exercises and strengthens the user's leg muscles in the area of the knee joint.

A rolling knee support comprises a base with a detachable knee pad. The base includes a knee pad receiving portion and roller attachment portions. Each of the roller attachment portions has a caster mounted thereto. The knee pad is detachably mounted to the knee pad receiving portion. A strap extends from the rolling knee support for attachment of the rolling knee support to a wearer's knee area. An outer cover may be placed on the knee pad when the knee pad is detached from the rolling knee support.

The invention discloses knee protecting pants. The knee protecting pants comprise a pants body. Kneepads are arranged at knees of the pants body and are made of cotton-cored pockets sewn in mesh form. Pockets are arranged at the knees of the pants body and contain the kneepads. An opening of each pocket is closed via a zipper, fastened via buttons or connected via thin cloth cords. The knee protecting pants are evidently effective in knee protection and fall less easily due to the fact that the kneepads are connected with the pants body.

This is an exercise device that sits on the floor used for sit-ups/crunches and core body exercise twists. Handles affixed to the stationary base plate of the device allow user to grasp and pull up body for easier, modified crunches/sit-ups, as well as to turn the body to the right and left on a rotatable seat plate during abdominal twist exercises. The seat of the device rotates on a fixed axis pin or be secured on its perimeter in a manner to still allow rotation. An optional waist/knee strap-belt secured to the stationary base plate allows the user to anchor his body down while exercise allowing greater leverage to lift body weight and/or external weights while and reducing unwanted leg lift. The device also has optional front and lumbar cushion support. The device is small enough to easily carry to gym or on trips.

Back support devices for use in supporting a lower back region of an individual in a seated position are disclosed. The back support device can include a flexible, double-ended back support member adapted to provide lumbar support to the user's lower back, and a number of elastic knee straps extending from the ends of the back support member each forming a loop that can be attached to the user's knee when in a seated position. The back support device can be equipped with adjustment mechanisms for adjusting the length of the elastic knee straps and/or the length of the back support member. The back support member may further define an interior pouch that can be configured to receive a thermal pack, vibration element and/or other therapeutic device, and which can be used to store the back support device when not in use.

A gun rest includes a cushioning body and a knee strapping system. The cushioning body has a top surface, a bottom surface, a retention channel indented on the top surface for supporting a firearm barrel thereat, and a barrel grip provided at the retention channel for preventing inadvertent movement of the firearm barrel along said retention channel. The knee strapping system is extended from the cushioning body for detachably coupling the cushioning body at a knee of an operator to serve as a knee guard. Therefore, the gun rest provides a multi-function of supporting the firearm in a ready position and quickly attaching to the knee of the operator without restricting any movement.

The invention discloses a fitness bed. The fitness bed includes a body and a backrest; the upper part of the body is provided with a hip support part and two leg movable plates; the backrest is hingedto the body, and the backrest is driven by a backrest motor to be able to fold up and down on the body, the ends, near thigh roots, of the leg movable plates are hinged to the body through rotating shafts, the rotating shafts are provided with rotating motors, the rotating motors drive the rotating shafts to rotate around the direction of length, and drive the leg movable plates to rotate aroundthe direction of the length, the body is provided with a lifting connecting rod and a lifting motor in the length direction, and the lifting connecting rod drives the leg movable plates to turn over up and down in the length direction through the lifting motor, and the leg movable plates are provided with knee straps; and the fitness bed has the advantages of simple structure, diverse functions and being suitable for families.

A system and method of knee-ACL support breeches for supporting the knees against non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, without interfering in desired movement, by resisting anterior translation of the proximal end of the tibia, thereby reducing stress on the ACL and other knee components. A pair of calibrated-elastic bands are attached at one end to a belt about the waist and at the other end to a strap around each lower knee. The calibrated-elastic bands are incorporated into a pair of breeches or pants which hold the bands tightly against the buttocks and backs of the thighs. In use, when the knee is flexed, the resulting bulging of the hamstrings and other muscles, tendons, and ligaments place an added strain on the relevant calibrated-elastic band, thereby tightening the band and dampening and resisting anterior movement of the attached lower-knee strap, in turn dampening and resisting anterior movement of the proximal end of the tibia, thereby reducing strain on the ACL and other knee components. The knee-ACL support breeches also promote the holding of the knee in a rotationally neutral position, and larger knee-flexion-angle positions during deceleration, both of which positions reduce strain placed on the ACL.