Adjustable dressing wrap
OwnerCarol Anna Woodworth, Joyce A. Bonick +1inventors
InventorsCarol Anna Woodworth, Joyce A. Bonick, Jean E. Woodworth
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Abstract
An adjustable dressing wrap made from an elastic, porous, breathable mesh material, mounted on a framework including two substantially vertically-oriented fasteners along its left and right ends, and two substantially horizontally-extending elastic members, wherein the framework is substantially more rigid than the elastic mesh material when it is placed on the patient. The horizontally-extending elastic members may be adjusted by tightening around the body part such that the elastic mesh material may support and maintain the wound dressings in place.
Claims9
A wrap for covering a wound dressing, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular member made of elastic, porous material defining top, bottom, left, and right edges and inner and outer surfaces;
- upper and lower casings formed adjacent to said top and bottom edges;
- upper and lower elastics extending within said upper and lower casings and freely movable relative to said casings, each of said elastics having at least a first free end projecting out from its respective casing beyond a first of said left and right edges of said rectangular member;
- a fastener mounted on the free end of each of said elastics;
- a hook portion of a hook-and-loop fastener mounted on and extending along one of said left and right edges;
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- a corresponding loop portion of a hook-and-loop fastener mounted on and extending along the other of said left and right edges, so that, when said left and right edges are overlapped, said hook portion and said loop portion mate to fasten said left and right edges together.
A wrap for covering a wound dressing, comprising:
- a framework, including upper and lower, horizontally-extending elastic members, and left and right, vertically-extending hook-and-loop fastener members;
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- an elastic mesh material supported on said framework, wherein said mesh material defines upper and lower casings which receive said upper and lower, horizontally-extending elastic members, respectively, with at least a first free end of each of said elastic members projecting out of its respective casing beyond a first edge of said elastic mesh material and including one portion of a hook-and-loop fastener on said first free end, and said elastic mesh material defines left and right edges, with said vertically-extending hook-and-loop fastener members mounted on said left and right edges of said elastic mesh material, wherein said vertically-extending hook-and-loop fasteners are substantially more rigid than said elastic mesh material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.