PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee supporter preventing deformation caused by lateral displacement of a knee joint by protecting the collateral ligament in particular and aiding its function.SOLUTION: This knee supporter is provided with: a body 11 formed with a relatively horizontally long cloth material in the expansion state two notch parts 12 and 12 notched inward from left/right side edges respectively in a substantially intermediate part in the vertical dimension of the body a rigid member 13 disposed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the body at an area in one side of the intermediate part in the horizontal direction of the body an elastic upper belt 15 having the base end part fixed to the rigid member at a position upper than the notch part and extending in the horizontal direction and an elastic lower belt 16 having the base end portion fixed to a rigid member at a position lower than the notch part and extending in the horizontal direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】特に膝の側副靭帯を保護し、その機能を助けることにより、膝関節の横ずれにともなう変形を防止することができる膝用サポータを提供すること。【解決手段】展開状態において、やや横長の布材料で形成された本体11と、該本体の縦寸法に関してほぼ中間部において左右の側縁からそれぞれ内方に切れ込む2つの切欠き部12,12と、前記本体の水平方向の寸法に関して、その中間部よりも一方の領域にて、該本体の縦方向に延びるように配置された剛性部材13と、前記切欠き部より上の位置で、前記剛性部材に基端部が固定され、水平方向に延長された伸縮性の上ベルト15と、前記切欠き部より下の位置で、前記剛性部材に基端部が固定され、水平方向に延長された伸縮性の下ベルト16とを備える。【選択図】図4
