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US 5,226,245 AGranted
Protective boot structure
OwnerWilliam D. Lamontinventor
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Abstract
A protective boot for patients with arterial disease. The boot includes a separate fluid-containing cushion which can be attached in a variety of positions on or in the boot to provide support for the patient's foot and leg when bed-ridden.
Claims13
A medical boot, comprising:
- a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material;
- pillow means for cushioning and supporting the limb of a user, comprising:
- an outer covering of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material defining a main pillow portion with a recess, and a pair of side panels extending from the main pillow portion, each side panel being foldable with respect to the main pillow portion;
- an easily deformable, fluid-containing cushion disposed within the recess;
- and
- attachment means for releasably connecting the pillow means to a selected location on the boot-shaped main body portion.
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A medical boot, comprising:
- a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material;
- pillow means for cushioning and supporting the limb of a user, comprising:
- an outer covering of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material defining a main pillow portion with a recess, and a pair of side panels extending from the main pillow portion;
- an easily deformable, fluid-containing cushion within the recess;
- the main pillow portion having a substantially rectangular configuration including a pair of substantially parallel side edges forming a foldable seam line between each of the side panels and the main pillow portion;
- whereby each of the side panels may be folded over in a face-to-face relationship with the main pillow portion to increase the overall height of the pillow means;
- and
- attachment means for releasably connecting the pillow means in a selected location on the main body portion.
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A medical boot, comprising:
- a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material and having an inside covering and an outside covering of moleskin;
- pillow means for cushioning and supporting the limb of a user, comprising:
- an outer covering of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material defining a main pillow portion with a recess;
- an easily deformable, fluid-containing cushion disposed within the recess;
- and
- fabric hook means attached to the pillow means and engageable with the moleskin for releasably connecting the pillow means to a selected location on either the inside covering or the outside covering of the boot-shaped main body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.