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US 6,544,205 B1Granted
Clavicle bandage
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsThorsten Herzberg, John Shanahan
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Abstract
A clavicle bandage having two adjustable-length strips made from non-extensible material, wherein the free ends of the strips form loops about a ring and wherein the other ends of the strips fasten to the ring by a material pocket and are fixed at an angle relative to one another by the material pocket. The ring has a flat, elliptical cross-section and freely rotates within the material pocket. The strips are fixed at an angle from sixth to eighty degrees.
Claims8
A clavicle bandage comprising:
- a) a ring composed of a non-stretchable material having a flat elliptical cross-section;
- b) two adjustable-length strips made essentially of non-extensible material, each of said strips having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end of each of said strips being attached to a material pocket, and wherein the free end of each of said strips being extended around said ring and is releasably secured to another portion of each of the respective strips, and wherein the length of said strips constitute the only adjustable feature of the bandage;
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- c) the material pocket having the form of a pentagon, wherein one side of said pentagon maintains the ring in a flat and freely rotatable position against the wearer's back, and at other sides of said pentagon, the strips lead away from the ring at an angle of 60° to 80°, and
- wherein said ring's freely rotatable feature allows said ring to automatically adjust to a position flat against a wearer's back in response to varying tension resulting from adjustment of the length of one or both of said strips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.