Rapid Deployment First Aid Kit and System For Refilling
AssigneeGenuine First Aid, LLC
InventorsMichael HOLSTEIN, Conny BLOM
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Abstract
A first aid kit organized with pockets containing first aid and emergency preparedness supplies and equipment and a system for refilling. Each pocket in the kit contains supplies and equipment useful in providing initial care for a particular illness or injury and is quickly identified through textual labels and transparent elements. The pockets are connected into a strip of pockets which is folded to fit within a case. The strip of pockets is easily deployed from the case facilitating rapid and accurate identification, selection, and acquisition of items appropriate for initial care of a particular illness or injury by comprehensive visual presentation of the organizational scheme and the supplies and pieces of equipment themselves.
Claims34
A kit for administering first aid comprising:
- (a) a case that defines an interior compartment and includes a means of providing rapid access to its contents;
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- (b) a plurality of similarly-sized pockets connected into a strip of pockets, the strip of pockets being foldable to fit within the interior compartment of the case;
- each pocket containing one or more supplies and/or pieces of equipment useful in providing initial care for a particular injury or illness;
- each pocket being re-sealable and having transparent elements allowing visualization of its contents;
- each pocket bearing a textual label indicating the type of condition its contents are useful in treating;
- one or more pockets bearing a pictogram depicting instructions for use and one or more pockets bearing a list of contents.
A system for refilling a first aid kit comprising:
- (a) a case that defines an interior compartment and includes a means of providing rapid access to its contents;
- (b) a plurality of similarly-sized, re-sealable pockets connected into a strip of pockets, the strip of pockets being foldable to fit within the interior compartment of the case;
- each pocket containing one or more supplies and/or pieces of equipment useful in providing initial care for a particular injury or illness;
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- (c) a refill kit designed for each pocket comprising a subset of the most commonly used first aid supplies and/or pieces of equipment useful in providing initial care for the particular injury or illness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.