Foam sleeve garment with easy access feature
AssigneeSigvaris AG
InventorsKeith Hoffman, Laure Kuipers
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Abstract
A chip sleeve garment including an outer layer of fabric connected to an inner layer of fabric to form a sleeve with a space between the outer layer of fabric and the inner layer of fabric. Foam chips, flat foam, or foam with ridges are disposed in the space between the outer layer of fabric and the inner layer of fabric. The garment includes two ends, including at least one open end, and a notch in at least one open end having an opening. The notch can be separated to create a larger opening than the opening to allow the garment to be donned or doffed easier than the opening allows. A second garment can be disposed over the chip sleeve garment. Either the chip sleeve garment, the second garment, or both can be compression garments.
Claims19
A chip sleeve garment comprising:
- an outer layer of elastic fabric connected to an inner layer of elastic fabric to form a sleeve with a space between the outer layer of fabric and the inner layer of fabric;
- foam disposed in the space;
- two ends, wherein at least one of the two ends defines an opening;
- a notch disposed proximate the opening and covered by a stretch portion;
- wherein the notch is separable such that, when separated by a user, the notch facilitates increasing the size of the opening.
A method of donning or doffing a chip sleeve garment comprising:
- providing an outer layer of elastic fabric connected to an inner layer of elastic fabric to form a sleeve with a space between the outer layer of fabric and the inner layer of fabric, the chip sleeve garment including foam disposed in the space, two ends, wherein at least one of the two ends defines an opening, and a notch disposed proximate the opening and covered by a stretch portion;
- and wherein the notch is separable such that, when separate by a user, the notch facilitates increasing the size of the opening;
- and,
- disposing an open end of the two ends over a portion of an upper extremity or a lower extremity of a human.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.