Top band for garments, in particular for medical compression stockings or bandages
AssigneeMedi GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPeter Hoffeins
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Abstract
A top band (1, 1′) for garments (2), in particular for medical compression stockings or bandages, comprising a flexible basic body (3, 3′) with an inside (4, 4′) facing the garment (2) and an outside (5, 5′), wherein the flexible basic body (3, 3′) comprises a fastening section (7, 7′) for the garment (2) on the inside (4, 4′) next to a coupling section (6, 6′), and wherein the fastening section (7, 7′) is formed by an edge-side recess (8, 8′) in the flexible basic body (3, 3′), so that the garment (2) can be fastened, offset from the coupling section (6, 6′) of the flexible basic body (3, 3′), in the recess (8, 8′).
Claims19
A top band for a garment comprising a flexible basic body with an inside facing the garment and an outside, the garment defined by an outside surface, a top section having a top, and an inside surface, wherein the flexible basic body comprises a fastening section for the top section of the garment on the inside next to a coupling section, characterised in that the fastening section is formed by an edge-side recess on the inside of the flexible basic body, wherein the edge-side recess is formed such that a thickness of the flexible basic body at the recess is smaller than a thickness of the flexible basic body at other locations, so that the top section of the garment can be fastened to the top band at the edge-side recess and, upon being fastened to the top band, is surrounded by the top band on the outside surface of the top section and the top, wherein the garment and the coupling section form a uniform surface on the inside when the garment is attached to the fastening section, and wherein the top section of the garment is not surrounded on the inside surface by the top band.
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