Wound and bandage protection system and method
OwnerJennifer DiGraziainventor
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Abstract
A wound/bandage protector configured as a wrap, a sock/mitten, or a bandage may be made out of stretchable material. The wrap may have one or more fastening straps as well as possibly a first catch fastening surface. The sock/mitten may have a fastening strap and a sheath. The wrap, the sock/mitten, and the bandages may have apertures and aperture covers. In addition, the wound/bandage protectors as well as the bandages may have diamond or triangular gauze configurations with the gauze pad having three or four primary corners, the primary corners of the gauze pad in most instances being oriented towards edges of the body portion or length or width tangents of the body portion, preferably mid-points or mid-sections of the length or width tangents or body portion edges.
Claims16
A wrapping, comprising:
- a body configured as a sock/mitten having a first end that is open, a second end that is closed, an internal side, and an external side;
- and
- a fastening strap attached to the body and having an internal side and an external side,
- wherein a non-slip grip material is disposed on the internal side of the body,
- wherein the fastening strap extends entirely or partially around the external side of the body and fastens to at least one of the external side of the body and the external side of the fastening strap upon the fastening strap being wrapped around a body part and fastened,
- wherein the non-slip grip material is adapted to contact the body part upon the fastening strap being wrapped around the body part and fastened,
- wherein an end of the fastening strap is attached to the body at an attachment region, and the attachment region is a dead zone that provides little to no stretch at a point of attachment of the fastening strap,
- wherein the attachment region is disposed at a fixed location on the body at a location such that an entirety of the fastening strap entirely overlaps the external side of the body upon the fastening strap being wrapped around the body part and fastened,
- wherein the body comprises a breathable material.
A wrapping, comprising:
- a body configured as a sock/mitten having a first end that is open, a second end that is closed, an internal side, and an external side,
- wherein the body is tapered from the second end to the first end such that the second end is larger than the first end,
- wherein the body comprises a first side portion, a second side portion opposing the first side portion, a third side portion, and a fourth side portion opposing the third side portion,
- wherein the first side portion connects the first end to the third side portion, and the second side portion connects the first end to the fourth side portion,
- wherein the first and second side portions are straight and run parallel to each other,
- wherein the third and fourth side portions are curved,
- wherein among the first to fourth side portions, the first and second side portions are the only side portions that run parallel to each other,
- wherein a non-slip grip material is disposed on the internal side of the body,
- wherein the non-slip grip material comprises a rubberized material,
- wherein the body comprises a stretchable material.
A wrapping, comprising:
- a body configured as a sock/mitten having a first end that is open, a second end that is closed, an internal side, and an external side,
- wherein the body is tapered from the second end to the first end such that the second end is larger than the first end,
- wherein the body comprises a first side portion, a second side portion opposing the first side portion, a third side portion, and a fourth side portion opposing the third side portion,
- wherein the first side portion connects the first end to the third side portion, and the second side portion connects the first end to the fourth side portion,
- wherein the first and second side portions are straight and run parallel to each other,
- wherein the third and fourth side portions are curved,
- wherein among the first to fourth side portions, the first and second side portions are the only side portions that run parallel to each other,
- wherein a non-slip grip material is disposed on the internal side of the body,
- wherein the non-slip grip material comprises a rubberized material,
- wherein the body comprises a breathable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.