Patents by Inventor Anthony L. Ritchie

Anthony L. Ritchie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9522075
    Abstract: An ankle support for wearing over a person's lower leg and foot is disclosed. The ankle support includes a yoke made of a semi-rigid, flexible material. The yoke includes a shin portion and a stirrup portion. A removable cap that is adapted for extending over the stirrup portion of the yoke is used with the ankle support. The removable cap includes a groove for engaging the stirrup portion of the yoke. Additionally, a separate shin section cover that is adapted for extending over the shin portion of the yoke and include a groove that will accept a mating portion of the yoke is also provided. The shin section cover can be varied independently of the removable cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony L. Ritchie
  • Patent number: 6811540
    Abstract: A wrapping system for wrapping an injured joint, the joint having recessed areas and prominent areas. The system includes stackable resilient sections that are joined to one another by scored areas, the scored areas allowing seperation of each of the resilient section into sections adapted fit in the recessed areas. Each of the resilient section should have an adhesive portion for attaching, in a stacked manner, one resilient section to another resilient section, so that the resulting stacked resilient sections nest in the recessed areas of the injured joint. An elastic wrap strap is used to secure and urge the resilient sections over the injured joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony L. Ritchie
  • Patent number: 6533746
    Abstract: An wrapping system for wrapping an injured joint, the joint having recessed areas and prominent areas. The system includes at least one resilient section, the section having an adhesive portion and scored areas to allow separation of the resilient section into stackable sections adapted for nesting in the recessed areas of the injured joint, the stackable sections including an adhesive backing. An elastic wrapping strip, the wrapping strip having ends, each end having an adjustable securement mechanism for selectively securing the wrapping strip or strap over the injured joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Anthony L. Ritchie
  • Patent number: 6447469
    Abstract: An ankle support and method for providing ankle support over a user's foot. The ankle support includes a stiff stirrup and ankle strap having an elongated, generally straight shin portion and terminating in an elongated, generally straight stirrup portion, the stirrup portion being at an obtuse angle to the shin portion. Additionally, a flexible ankle strap attached to the stirrup and ankle strap and extending from the stirrup portion of the stirrup and ankle strap, away from the shin portion of the stirrup and ankle strap. A flexible shin strap attached the shin portion of the stirrup and ankle strap, so that the flexible ankle strap extends from underneath the wearer's foot, so that it is then wrapped around the ankle area and over the wearer's foot, while the shin strap is wrapped around the wearer's lower leg area behind the shin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventor: Anthony L. Ritchie