Leatt-Brace

The Leatt-Brace is a neck brace designed to help reduce neck injuries in helmeted sports, including Supercross, motocross, enduro, roadracing, downhill-type mountain biking, BMX, ATV, street riding, karting, and snowmobiling. The brace is marketed and distributed worldwide by the Leatt Corporation, a Nevada corporation with its administrative office based in Cape Town, South Africa.[1]

History and Description

South African inventor Dr. Christopher Leatt filed his first neck-brace-related patent in 2003. [2]

The Leatt-Brace is designed to work only when worn in conjunction with the full-face helmets typically used in the aforementioned activities. The brace uses what the inventor calls Alternative Load Path Technology to help absorb and disperse injury-producing forces. The brace is designed to limit hyperflexion, hyperextension, lateral hyperflexion and posterior hypertranslation, which are extreme forward, backward, sideways, and rearward movement of the head on the neck.[3] Although the brace cannot protect against pure axial compression of the spine, it is designed to help minimize such loading, when coupled with one of the extreme movements above.[4]

In 2009, the Leatt-Brace received C/E approval, which is granted by European Union law. Gaining CE approval for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes adhering to basic health and safety requirements as well as performance requirements. The Leatt-Brace was approved based on a review of the concept, design, operation and testing of the brace, and chemical analysis of brace components.


References
  1. "Leatt Corporation". Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. Leatt History. Retrieved July 10 2016. http://leatt-corp.com/leatt-history/
  3. Paton, Simon. "Leatt Neck Braces - THE REVIEW YOU MUST READ". PinkBike.com. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  4. Wong, Derryn. [(http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/leatt-brace/ "The Leatt Moto GPX Club Neck Brace"] Check |url= value (help). WebBikeWorld.com. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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