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US 4,084,586 AGranted
Tubular support for enclosing a body member
OwnerLon R. Hettickinventor
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Abstract
A tubular support for enclosing a body member therein, the body member being an elastic, generally tubular member having an opening on at least one end. The elastic member is stretchable in all directions so as to provide equal gripping support and pressure to all of the surface of the body member which it encloses. There are facings bonded on the interior and exterior surfaces of the elastic member, the facings having relatively low coefficients of friction and the same stretch rate as the elastic member.
Claims15
A tubular support for enclosing a body member, comprising:
- an elastic generally tubular member having an opening for receiving a body member,
- said elastic member being stretchable in all directions, and
- a facing on the interior surface of said elastic member having a relatively low coefficient of friction,
- said facing having the same stretch rate in all directions as the elastic member and being free of tension when not stretched on the body member,
- said facing and elastic member having absolute memory and constant equal gripping pressure on all parts of the body member covered and intended to be supported.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.