Digit protector device
OwnerValerie Susan MASONinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a digit protector device for a foot, toe, hand, and/or finger, which digit protector device, in one embodiment, can be inserted or embedded in the plaster cast for a hand or foot, wrapped into a hand or foot splint bandage, or inserted in an orthopaedic hand or foot brace, boot, or sandal.
Claims12
An independent digit protector insert for use by a wearer to prevent direct contact of at least a portion of a foot or a hand with an object other than a bandage, a lining of an open-front boot or shoe or a cast or splint or lining thereof, the independent digit protector insert comprising:
- a rigid or semi-rigid contoured member having a top surface and a bottom surface,
- an elongated, substantially flat proximal end portion configured for embedding, anchoring, or securing under the lining of the open-front boot or shoe, or embedding, anchoring, or securing in the cast or splint or the bandage, and for extending at least partially under said foot or hand;
- a forward distal end portion having a curvature portion that extends upwards and back toward a top of said foot or hand without touching said foot or hand, the curvature defining a channel configured to receive a portion of said foot or hand protruding from the boot, the shoe, the bandage, the cast, or the splint, the forward distal end portion forming a protective barrier over at least part of the channel,
- wherein said curvature does not completely enclose a portion of said foot or hand;
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- wherein in use by the wearer, said independent digit protector insert configured to be at least partially embedded, anchored, or secured under the lining of the open-front boot or shoe, or embedded, anchored, or secured in the bandage, the cast, or the splint, such that an impact to the front vertical portion of the independent digit protector insert does not push said digit protector insert against at least a part of said foot or hand;
- prevents direct contact of at least a portion of said foot or hand with an object other than the bandage, the lining of the boot or shoe or the cast or splint or lining thereof;
- and the forward distal end portion forms a protective barrier over at least part of said foot or hand.
An independent digit protector insert for use by a wearer to prevent direct contact of at least a portion of a foot or a hand with an object other than a bandage, a lining of an open-front boot or shoe or a cast or splint or lining thereof, the independent digit protector insert comprising:
- a rigid or semi-rigid contoured member having a top surface and a bottom surface,
- an elongated, substantially flat proximal end portion configured for embedding, anchoring, or securing under the lining of the open-front boot or shoe, or embedding, anchoring, or securing in the cast or splint or the bandage, and for extending at least partially under said foot or hand;
- a forward distal end portion having a curvature portion that extends upwards toward a top of said foot or hand without touching said foot or hand protruding from the boot, the shoe, the bandage, the cast, or the splint, the forward distal end portion forming a protective vertical barrier that, when in use by the wearer, is capable of preventing direct contact of at least a portion of said foot or hand with an object other than the bandage, the lining of the boot or shoe or the cast or splint or lining thereof;
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- wherein in use by the wearer, said independent digit protector insert configured to be at least partially embedded, anchored, or secured under the lining of the open-front boot or shoe or embedded, anchored, or secured in the bandage, the cast, or the splint, such that an impact to the front vertical portion of the independent digit protector insert does not push said digit protector insert against at least a part of said foot or hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.