Contact sport protection sleeves and pads are provided for the forearm, elbow, knee and shin of the players including at least one protection panel of flexible elastomeric polymeric foam or of rigid plastic attached to an elastomeric sleeve with two flexible elastomeric polymeric foam edge pads abutting the lengthwise edges of the protection panel with the panel and edge pads all enveloped in elastomeric fabric with stitching between the abutting of the panel and the two edge pads providing extr...

A limb restraint adapted for orthopedic examinations and operating procedures provides a firm support for a portion of a patient's limb while the limb or a joint is manipulated or stressed. The restraint includes a rigid frame which defines a partially enclosed area within which the patient's limb is inserted. The enclosed area of the frame accommodates a blood pressure type air bag cuff or tourniquet which is secured to the frame by a fastener. Restraintive force is applied to the limb and moni...

A limb protector which attaches to a limb and protects it from injury due to impact. The limb protector remains securely positioned on the limb, has a plurality of protective compartments for dissipating impact, and is positionable immediately adjacent to a joint without causing any interference with the joint's movement. The limb protector includes a main body member having opposing edges which define a length of the main body member. The main body member also has a protective compartment, whic...

A functional ankle for a prosthetic limb comprising an elastomeric member and a flexible member. The elastomeric member separates the prosthetic foot from the shin. The elastomeric member allows the foot to move relative to the shin while providing plantar/dorsi flexion, inversion/eversion and rotational motion singularly or in combination. The foot and shin are connected by the flexible member which allows relative motion while providing structural integrity.

A limb stiffening device made of a length of tough, pliable and flexible material, preferably plastic, of open lattice pattern, having a continuous edge with radiused corners. The edge and the webs defining the open lattice pattern are substantially curvilinear in cross section. Fasteners are attached at opposite ends of the length of material for holding the length of material wrapped in the form of a sleeve around a limb, with the ends overlapped. The material is preferably provided with a pre...

Apparatus to be used for exercising the limbs, and particularly the legs. The apparatus includes a support upon which a person lies with his legs extending beyond an end thereof and resting on a pair of operating bars. Each bar projects from beneath the support and has at its inner end beneath the support a cam mounted to rotate around a central point, these central points being located approximately in line with the hip joints of the person on the support. A resistance in the form of a weight i...

A limb protection device for protecting a section of a user's limb against contact comprises and enclosure for enclosing the limb section and at least one integral flexible cuff located at a respective limb entry to the enclosure. The cuff is adapted in use for being positioned against that part of the user's limb adjacent thereto to restrict the ingress of matter via the entry into the enclosure.

Limb support apparatus for use on a wheel chair and which incorporates a positioning bracket slidably and rotatably movable from a fixed support position where it supports a foot or leg calf to an out of the way stowage position without requiring the movement of a leg being positioned on the wheel chair. Opposed flexible legs are rotatably and slidably movable over a base member to allow the positioning bracket to be easily maneuvered to a particular position and retained in such position by the...

An improved archery bow having innovative bow limb pockets.

An anatomical part simulacrum wherein a core is enclosed within a skinlike glove and the method of forming the simulacrum by separately forming a core and a glovelike element and thereafter applying the element to the core.