Patents by Inventor Clarence L. Shields, Jr.

Clarence L. Shields, Jr. 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).

  • Patella buttressing apparatus
    Patent number: 5759167
    Abstract: The method of positioning the patella, as during knee movement, that includes providing a support wrap to extend about the knee, providing a first opening through the wrap to extend in registration with the patella; providing a buttress for biasing the patella, the buttress being apart from the support wrap, and positioning the buttress to locate the second opening in substantial registration with the first opening; and providing retainer flap means and attaching the flap means to the support wrap with the flap means extending over the buttress and holding the buttress in position biasing the patella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Weber Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence L. Shields, Jr., Richard E. Riehl