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Abstract

An ankle brace for providing generalized support to the ankle has a base and a tongue assembly that is separate from the base and is connected to the base in encompassing relationship to the ankle by a lace. The base has forward lateral and medial edges that straddle the foot and ankle, each edge having a row of lace eyelets. The tongue assembly has a wrap that fits over the front and the forward side portions of the foot and ankle, and a frontal member that overlies the front superior foot portion. The frontal member has lateral and medial edges that are situated close to the lateral and medial edges of the base, each edge also having a row of lace eyelets. A single lace has a lateral segment that is alternately trained through the lateral eyelets of the frontal tongue member and the lateral edge of the base, and a medial segment that is alternately trained through eyelets on the medial edge of the frontal tongue member and the medial edge of the base. The tension force of the lace is distributed comfortably across the front superior foot portion and is not concentrated down a single line on the front of the foot.

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