ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,225, issued on Feb. 3.
"Hinged ankle brace" was invented by Doak Ostergard (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged ankle brace including a foot bed member and an ankle cuff which are hinged together by flexible joint members. The flexible joint members yieldably resist hinged movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff in a plantarflexion and dorsiflexion direction. The design of the upper ends of the medial and lateral wings of the foot bed member and the ankle cuff permit a limited amount of inversion and eversion movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff."
The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2...