Medical/sports thermal pack
AssigneeTecnol, Inc.
InventorsVance M. Hubbard, Welton K. Brunson, Darrell S. Caldwell
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Abstract
A thermal pack having a first pocket (12) and a second pocket (28) connected together by a stretchable material section (22), and therapeutic material holding bladders (14, 30) insertable into respective pockets. A pair of stretchable and Velcro-equipped straps (16, 18) attached to one pocket (28) are engagable with a brushed pile surface (20) of the other pocket (12). The pockets (12, 28) are constructed having a liner (34) for wicking to the outer surface moisture condensed on the bladders (14, 30), and constructed having a durable nonstretchable outer layer (32, 42).
Claims20
A thermal pack, comprising:
- plural compartments each constructed of an inner and outer nonstretchable material to form a pocket;
- a pocket liner formed of a moisture-wicking material and disposed within each said pocket for holding a therapeutic material against the body part of a user;
- a pressure responsive fastening material disposed on a side surface of one said compartment;
- elastic means disposed between and integrally connecting said compartments together for allowing said pack to expand in a direction for conforming around different body shapes;
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- plural individual elastic fastening straps attached to another said compartment and engageable to said fastening material on said side surface of said one compartment for holding said pack wrapped around the body part of said user
A thermal pack wrappable around a limb, comprising:
- a first open-topped pocket having a nonstretchable material defining an inside surface, a pile material defining an outside surface, said inside and outside surface being fastened together along three peripheral edges thereof;
- a second open-topped pocket having a nonstretchable material defining an inside surface being fastened together along three peripheral edges thereof;
- a pocket liner formed of a moisture-wicking and air permeable material disposed within each pocket;
- stretchable elastic means disposed between said pockets for connecting side edges of said first and second pockets together;
- first and second bladders for holding thermal material and sized for insertion into respective ones of said pockets, and
- a plurality of stretchable straps connected proximate a side edge of said second pocket, each strap including pressure responsive attachment means attached to the terminal end thereof for removable engagement with said pile material of said first pocket.
A thermal bladder for use in ice packs, comprising:
- a water proof container for containing thermal material;
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- a moisture-wicking material covering said container and made integral thereto by a matrix of individual bonds over the surface thereof.
A thermal pack, comprising:
- a plurality of bladders, each said bladder having a moisture-wicking material integral therewith;
- plural open-topped compartments, each for holding one said bladder and each said bladder adapted for holding a therapeutic material adjacent the body part of a user;
- a pressure responsive fastening material disposed on a side surface of one said compartment;
- elastic means disposed between and integrally connecting said compartments together for allowing said pack to expand in a direction for conforming around different body shapes;
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- plural individual elastic fastening straps attached to the other said compartment and engageable to the fastening material on said side surface of said one compartment for holding said pack wrapped around the body part of the user.
A thermal pack wrappable around a limb, comprising:
- first and second open-topped pockets;
- stretchable elastic means disposed between said pockets and connecting one side edge of each said first and second pockets together;
- first and second bladders for holding thermal material and sized for insertion into respective ones of said pockets;
- pile material covering the outer surface of said first pocket;
- a plurality of stretchable straps connected to a side edge of said second pocket, each strap including pressure responsive attachment means attached to the terminal end thereof for removable engagement with said pile material of said first pocket;
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- a moisture-wicking material having a matrix of heat seal bonding points over the surface thereof and being integral with and lining the inside of each said pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.