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US 8,894,598 B2Granted
Heel ulcer prevention and cushioning boot
AssigneeSage Products, LLC
InventorsLawrence G Ponsi, Barbara T Skiba, Steven Brown
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Abstract
A cushioning boot for bed-ridden patients. The boot includes a thickly-padded leg engaging portion and foot engaging portion with a front opening for easy insertion of a patient foot and leg. A series of stretchable, adjustable closure panels are removably secured to the boot for positioning and inserted leg in the proper orientation and retaining it in place.
Claims21
A cushioning boot, comprising:
- a. a leg engaging portion and a foot engaging portion, said portions being padded and having a leg-accepting aperture extending along a front side of said boot,
- b. a first spandex closure panel comprising two panel portions, each panel portion removably secured to said boot at a plurality of attachment locations along the leg engaging and foot engaging portions, such that said first spandex closure panel is positioned across at least a portion of said leg-accepting aperture that extends along a front side of said boot and said two panel portions are each removably secured to said boot at at least two locations on opposite sides of said leg-accepting aperture;
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- c. a second spandex closure panel extending between and at least partly overlapping said first and second panel portions of said first spandex closure panel.
1 more element
A cushioning boot, comprising:
- a. a unitary structure including a leg engaging portion and a foot engaging portion, said portions being padded and having a leg-accepting aperture extending along a front side of said boot,
- b. a first spandex closure panel removably secured to said boot at a plurality of attachment locations along the leg engaging and foot engaging portions, a first portion of said panel extending substantially along said leg engaging portion and a second portion of said panel extending along a portion of said foot engaging portion, in which said first and second panel portions of said first spandex closure panel are each removably secured to said boot at at least two locations on opposite sides of said leg-accepting aperture, and
- c. a second spandex closure panel extending between and at least partly overlapping said first and second panel portions of said first spandex closure panel.
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