Knee brace

Claim 1

A KNEE BRACE COMPRISING: (A) A SINGLE FLAT UPPER BRACE BAR HAVING AN INSIDE AND AN OUTSIDE, AND A LOWER END AND A FREE UPPER END, (B) A SINGLE FLAT LOWER BRACE BAR HAVING AN INSIDE AND AN OUTSIDE, AND AN UPPER END AND A FREE LOWER END, (C) A FLAT LINK BAR HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS, (D) AN UPPER PIN PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE FIRST END OF SAID LINK BAR AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE LOWER END OF SAID UPPER BAR, (E) A LOWER PIVOT PIN PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE SECOND END OF SAID LINK BAR AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE UPPER END OF SAID LOWER BRACE BAR, SO THAT SAID UPPER AND LOWER BRACE BARS WILL PIVOT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME PLANE AND SAID LINK BAR OVELAPS THE OUTSIDE ONLY OF BOTH SAID BRACE BARS, (F) STOP MEANS ON THE INSIDE OF SAID LINK BAR BETWEEN SAID BRACE BARS TO LIMIT THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BRACE BARS IN ONE DIRECTION TO AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 180* APART, (G) SAID UPPER CUFF FIXED TO SAID UPPER BRACE BAR COMPRISING AN ARCUATE TRANSVERSE BAR, CONCAVE INWARD, AND TERMINATING IN FREE EXTREMITIES, (H) AN UPPER CUFF FIXED TO SAID UPPER BRACE BAR AND SAID UPPER TRANSVERSE BAR, SAID UPPER CUFF BEING ADAPTED TO BE SECURED ABOUT THE THIGH OF A WEARER SO THAT SAID UPPER BRACE BAR FITS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID THIGH, (I) SAID LOWER END OF SAID LOWER BRACE BAR COMPRISING AN ARCUATE TRANSVERSE, BAR, CONCAVE INWARD, AND TERMINATING IN FREE EXTREMITIES, (J) A LOWER CUFF FIXED TO SAID LOWER BRACE BAR AND SAID LOWER TRANSVERSE BAR, SAID LOWER CUFF BEING ADAPTED TO BE SECURED ABOUT THE CALF OF A WEARER SO THAT SAID LOWER BRACE BAR FITS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CALF.