PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee supporter which permits more stable walking actions to be obtained by preventing twists during bending actions by assisting the bending actions of the knee and compressing the ligaments.SOLUTION: The knee supporter includes a body sheet 1 made up of an elastic cloth sheet and a tightening auxiliary body 2 superposed on the body sheet 1. The body sheet 1 is made by providing upper side band portions 102 and 102 wound around the thigh and having the tips fastened together disengageably from each other and lower side band portions 103 and 103 wound around the shin and having the tips fastened together disengageably from each other on both sides of a popliteal fossa covering portion 101 which is made wide enough to cover the popliteal fossa and the ligaments on both sides of the popliteal fossa when the supporter is put on. The tightening auxiliary body 2 has an oblong strip portion 201 having the intermediate portion not fastened to the popliteal fossa covering portion and having both ends fastened to the upper side band portions 102 and 102 and the tips hastened to the lower end of the oblong strip portion 201 by projecting them to the lower end following the longitudinal direction of the oblong strip portion 201.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】膝の屈曲動作を補助し、靭帯を圧追して前記屈曲動作時のねじれを防いで、より安定した歩行動作の得られる膝用サポーターを提供する。【解決手段】それぞれ伸縮性の布シートより成る主体シート1および該主体シート1に重合した締付け補助体2とで構成する。主体シート1は、装着時に膝裏およびその両側の靭帯部を被う広さとした膝裏覆い部101の両側に、大腿部に巻付けて先端部を互いに係離自在に止着する上側バンド部102,102´と、すね部に巻付けて先端部を互いに係離自在に止着する下側バンド部103,103´をそれぞれ設けて成る。また、前記締付け補助体2は、中間部を前記膝裏覆い部に止着しないで、両端を前記上側バンド部102,102´に止着した横長帯状部201と、該横長帯状部201の長手方向に沿う下端に突出させて、先端を前記膝裏覆い部の下端に止着した膝用サポーター。【選択図】図2
