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US 4,285,338 AGranted
Adhesive bandage
OwnerJerome H. Lemelsoninventor
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Abstract
An adhesive bandage for covering and protecting a wound. In one form, the bandage is composed of a patch or strip of adhesive tape having a gauze section attached to its central portion and a hollow rigid shell of plastic attached to the outside of the central portion for protecting a wound against forces applied thereto. For providing a novelty effect, the shell may contain an exterior illustration or may be irregularly formed to simulate a face or mock character. In another form, the shell may be formed of a resilient plastic resin which will absorb shock and impact to protect the wound.
Claims10
An adhesive bandage comprising in combination:
- an elongated thin strip of flexible bandage material containing end portions for engagement with the skin of a person using said bandage and adhesive material coating the inside surfaces of said end portions for adhering said end portions to portions of the skin,
- a central portion of said bandage containing soft material and void of such adhesive, and
- a protecting member made of a molded plastic resinous material, said protecting member being more rigid in structure than said thin strip of flexible material and having an irregular external surface, said protecting member defining the outer wall of the central portion of said bandage and protruding outwardly from said central portion of said elongated flexible thin strip, said protecting member being integrally bonded to the outer surface of said elongated thin strip intermediate the ends thereof, said protecting member serving as a cover and shock absorbing means for protecting the wound covered by the central portion of the bandage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.