US Patent Issued to Aspen Medical Products on June 3 for "Orthopedic neck brace with sliding pivot chin support" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,322, issued on June 3, was assigned to Aspen Medical Products LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Orthopedic neck brace with sliding pivot chin support" was invented by Erik Zimmer (Oceanside, Calif.) and Jozsef Horvath (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic neck brace has right and left sliding pivots that couple a torso rest with a chin support. Over a wide range from relatively long necks to relatively short necks, the sliding pivots tend to raise and lower the chin piece vertically, which automatically keeps the chin support at a right angle to the rest of the brace, and prevent undesirable sagittal offsets. Preferred ...