Device for gripping the forearm of a user suffering from muscular problems in the elbow

摘要

A device is provided for gripping the forearm of a user suffering from muscular problems in the elbow. The device defines a rigid but elastically deformable U-shaped body, and has a bottom. The device includes a first limb and a second limb, and two supporting elements which are mounted on the body such that each one is essentially located on a free end part of a limb of the body. One of the limbs of the body defines a first curved part which is adjacent to the bottom wherein the concave region of the curved part is oriented towards the inside of the body, and a second curved part which extends from the first part towards the free end of the limb. The concave region of the second part is oriented towards the outside of the body such that the limb of the U has a transversal flexion line.

主权项

1. A gripping device intended to be placed around a forearm of a user, for preventing or alleviating muscular problems in an elbow, comprising:
a stiff and elastically deformable body substantially having a shape of a “U”, having a bottom and a first limb and a second limb, and a first supporting member and a second supporting member, each being separate from one another, the first supporting member mounted only to a free utmost end portion of the first limb and the second supporting member substantially mounted only to a free utmost portion of the second limb, the first supporting member opposing the second supporting member on the first and second limbs, respectively, wherein each of the first limb and the second limb includes a first curved portion adjacent to the bottom of the U, and a second curved portion extending from the first curved portion to the free end of each limb, wherein in the first curved portion of each of the first limb and the second limb, a concavity is oriented towards an inside of the body, and in the second curved portion of each of the first limb and the second limb, a concavity is oriented towards an outside of the body, so that each of the first limb and the second limb of the “U” shape has a transverse inflection line such that the second curved portion of the first and second limbs each form an arc, at a location specified by the transverse inflection line, thereby enabling the gripping device to be placed on the forearm of the user and tightened with an attachment strap, such that large amplitude tightening is obtained at the first and second supporting members, which are oriented toward the inside of the U-shaped body.