IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,364
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,364 · App. 17/899,726 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Sternal pad mount for spine brace

Inventors: Nicholas John Poker (Knoxville, TN); Lily Dawn Goins (Speedwell, TN); Dhanvin Sunil Desai (Knoxville, TN); John Connor Brown (Knoxville, TN); Charles Joseph French, III (Knoxville, TN); Karen M. Clements (Knoxville, TN); Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu (Knoxville, TN)
Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
A61F5/022A61F5/028
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Patent No.
US 12,440,364
App. No.
17/899,726
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a brace having a brace panel; a pad having an adjustment post with adjustment apertures; and an adjustable mount integrated with the panel for adjustably mounting the pad onto the panel, the adjustable mount including wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm having pins and located within a channel configured to receive the adjustment post of the sternal pad and the adjustment apertures.

Claims (21)

1. A brace for supporting a spine of a patient, the brace comprising:

a brace panel;

a pad having an adjustment post with adjustment apertures; and

an adjustable mount integrated with the panel for adjustably mounting the pad onto the panel, the adjustable mount including wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm having pins and located within a channel configured to receive the adjustment post of the pad and the adjustment apertures.

2. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the brace is a spine brace.

3. A brace, comprising:

a brace panel;

a pad having an adjustment post; and

an adjustable mount integrated with the brace panel for adjustably mounting the pad onto the brace panel, the adjustable mount including wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm and located within a channel configured to receive the adjustment post of the pad.

4. The brace of claim 3 , wherein the adjustment post includes uniformly spaced adjustment apertures.

5. The brace of claim 4 , wherein the retaining arm has uniformly spaced pins located to be received by the adjustment apertures of the adjustment post.

6. The brace of claim 3 , wherein the panel is an anterior panel and the pad is a sternal pad.

7. The brace of claim 3 , wherein the brace is a spine brace.

8. A height adjustment system, comprising:

an adjustment post with adjustment apertures; and

an adjustable mount having a pair of wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm having pins and located within a channel into which the adjustment post is received, the retaining arm extending between the pair of wedged levers,

wherein the adjustment apertures are engaged by the pins of the retaining arm to lock the adjustment post in position and the adjustment post is adjustably positionable relative to the adjustable mount by pinching the pair of wedged levers to move the retaining arm and the pins of the retaining arm out of engagement with the adjustment apertures to enable adjustment of the position of the adjustment post in the adjustable mount, and the adjustment post is again locked in position by releasing the pair of wedged levers to engage the pins of the retaining arm with the adjustment apertures.

9. A height adjustment system, comprising:

an adjustment post with adjustment apertures; and

an adjustable mount having a pair of wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm having pins and located within a channel into which the adjustment post is received, the adjustment post positionable to extend between the pair of wedged levers,

wherein the adjustment apertures are engaged by the pins of the retaining arm to lock the adjustment post in position and the adjustment post is adjustably positionable relative to the adjustable mount by pinching the pair of wedged levers to move the retaining arm and the pins of the retaining arm out of engagement with the adjustment apertures to enable adjustment of the position of the adjustment post in the adjustable mount, and the adjustment post is again locked in position by releasing the pair of wedged levers to engage the pins of the retaining arm with the adjustment apertures.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: DEROYAL INDUSTRIES INC.
To: REGIONS BANK
Reel/Frame 062202/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: POKER, NICHOLAS JOHN; GOINS, LILY DAWN; DESAI, DHANVIN SUNIL; BROWN, JOHN CONNOR; FRENCH, CHARLES JOSEPH, III; CLEMENTS, KAREN M.; ANJONRIN-OHU, OLUFUNKE TINA
To: DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 060947/0538 →