US 2019/0166926 A1Published application

Compression vest system

AssigneeAce PT Products and Equipment, INC

InventorsHillary Justine Doroski, Anthony Thanh Ngo

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Abstract

A vest includes a first panel including a first flap, a second panel including a second flap, a back panel extending from the first panel to the second panel, and a plurality of grips. The back panel defines a first and second arm accesses with the first and second panels respectively, and portions of the first, second, and back panels disposed below the first and second arm accesses define a body of the vest. The first flap is configured to overlap the second flap such that the first and second flaps define a closure, and the first and second panels define a collar. The first flap includes a first front attachment segment configured to attach to a second front attachment segment of the second flap in a closed state of the vest, and an area of an attachment configuration between the first and second front attachment segments is equal to at least ⅔ of an area having a length equal to a length of the body and a width equal to ¼ of a maximum width of the body.

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Dependent claims

A vest, the vest comprising:

a first panel including a first flap;
a second panel including a second flap;
a back panel extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vest from the first panel to the second panel;
and
a plurality of grips attached to the first panel, the second panel, and the back panel,
wherein the back panel defines a first arm access with the first panel and a second arm access with the second panel,
wherein portions of the first panel, second panel, and back panel disposed along a longitudinal axis of the vest below the first arm access and the second arm access define a body of the vest,
wherein the first flap is configured to overlap the second flap such that the first flap and the second flap define a closure of the vest and the first panel and the second panel define a collar of the vest,
wherein the first flap includes a first front attachment segment and the second flap includes a second front attachment segment configured to attach to the first front attachment segment in a closed state of the vest, and
wherein an area of an attachment configuration between the first front attachment segment and the second front attachment segment in the closed state of the vest is equal to at least ⅔ of an area having a length equal to a length of the body and a width equal to ¼ of a maximum width of the body.

7 more elements

A compression vest system, the compression vest system comprising:

a vest including:
a back panel including a back attachment segment provided on an exterior surface of the back panel,
a first panel extending from the back panel,
a second panel extending from the back panel, and
a plurality of grips attached to at least the first panel and the second panel;
and
a belt including:
a pair of flanks,
a first belt attachment segment positioned on an interior surface of an end of one of the pair of flanks,
a second belt attachment segment positioned on interior surface of the belt between the pair of flanks and configured to attach to the back attachment segment, and
a pair of elastic tension bands attached to an exterior surface of the belt between the pair of flanks,
wherein the first panel and the second panel define a closure of the vest that extends along a longitudinal axis of the vest and has a width equal to at least ¼ of a maximum width of the vest,
wherein the closure is configured to exert first compressive forces on an individual wearing the vest,
wherein the pair of flanks are configured to wrap around the vest such that one flank overlaps an other flank and the pair of flanks exert second compressive forces on the individual, and
wherein each of the pair of elastic tension bands is configured to be attached to a third belt attachment segment positioned on an exterior surface of a respective one of the pair of flank in a state of tension and increase the second compressive forces.

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A method of transferring a patient, the method comprising:

providing a vest including a first panel, a second panel, and a back panel extending from the first panel and the second panel;
positioning the vest on the patient such that the vest exerts first compressive forces on the patient;
wrapping a pair of flanks of the belt around the vest such that the belt exerts second compressive forces on the patient;
attaching an end of each of a pair of elastic tension bands to an attachment segments positioned on respective one of the pair of the flanks such that each elastic tension band is attached in a state of tension and increases a magnitude of the second compressive forces;
and
grasping one or more of a plurality of grips attached to the vest and performing at least one of guiding and supporting a movement of the patient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/207,126Filed 1 Dec 2018
Priority: 1 Dec 2017
Published: 6 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A41D 1/04
Garments: vests, jerseys, sweaters or the like
A41D 13/0007
Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches: garments with…
A41D 13/1245
Patients' garments: for the upper part of the body
A61G 7/1038
Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto: manual lifting aids, e.g. frames or racks

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Application62/593,345Us provisional application · filed 1 Dec 2017
Application62/773,511Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2018
Application62/774,233Us provisional application · filed 1 Dec 2018
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