Low friction multilayer pad with foam backing

A multilayer low friction pad for reducing shear and friction forces on a person's body, and for preventing and treating on a person's body caused by shear forces, friction, pressure, chafing and moisture, comprising:

• a flexible first layer formed of a bulky foam material which is thick enough to serve as a shock absorber for an affected part of said person's body, and to prevent said pad from crumpling and wrinkling, and to facilitate handling the pad;
• a second layer bonded at one side thereof to one side of said first layer, said second layer being formed of a flexible material having a very smooth and slippery other side;
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• a third layer composed of a slippery lubricant applied to and covering said other side of said second layer, said other side of said second layer being sufficiently slippery to cooperate with said third layer to reduce shear forces thereon and provide a working surface having a coefficient of friction of negligibly low magnitude.

A multilayer low friction pad for reducing shear and friction forces on a person's body, and for preventing and treating sores on a person's body caused by shear forces, friction, pressure, chafing and moisture, comprising:

• a flexible first layer formed of a bulky foam material which is thick enough to serve as a shock absorber for an affected part of said person's body, and to prevent said pad from crumpling and wrinkling, and to facilitate handling the pad;
• a second layer composed of a slippery lubricant applied to and covering one side of said first layer, said one side of said first layer being sufficiently slippery to cooperate with said second layer to reduce shear forces thereon and provide a working surface having a coefficient of friction of negligibly low magnitude, said first layer having a free exposed other side formed with a sufficiently rough surface to grip frictionally a support to prevent displacement of said pad on said support while said person's body moves on said second layer;
• first means for draining through said first and second layers liquid accumulating on said one side of said second layer;
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• second means at said other side of said first layer to collect and retain said liquid draining through said first and second layers.