Protective sleeve for the leak-proof coverage of body parts

A protective cover for the leakproof coverage of a body part, comprising a sock-shaped sleeve made of thin-walled foldable plastic foil and having a top opening defining a slip-in entrance extended into said sleeve and a rim surrounding the opening, an elastic band-shaped sealing strip of elastic material having an adhesive surface along its length and one end portion which is adhesively secured to the outside of said sleeve adjacent the rim and extending beyond said rim and extending around at least a part of the circumference of said sleeve, said sealing strip projecting beyond said rim on one side of said sleeve and extending by a length sufficient so that it may encompass the complete rim and overlap the opposite end of said sealing strip and be adhered thereto and to the body part when said strip is engaged around the body part, and including a spot adhesive surface means adhered to a minor portion of the inside of said sleeve close to said entrance for adhesion of said sleeve to the body part, said spot adhesive surface means for adhesion of said sleeve directly to the body part prior to the closure of the opening of said sleeve, said sleeve being closed by the adhering of said sealing strip around said opening, so as to allow said sleeve to be retained relative to the body part by said spot adhesive means prior to the adhering of said sealing strip as said sealing strip encompasses the complete rim of the opening.