US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on July 14 for "Impact guard for knee brace" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,317, issued on July 14, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Impact guard for knee brace" was invented by Henry Hsu (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Tim Mcmorrow (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact guard for use with a knee brace includes a second shell secured to a padded liner, and a first shell disposed of over at least a portion of the second shell. The second shell is tethered to the first shell by an elastic cord, such that a second portion of the first shell slides over the first shell."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/848,570.

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