ADHESIVE ICE BAG DEVICE
First Claim
1. A flexible outer cover for an ice bag device that is suitable for use to treat an injured area of a body, said cover being a sack structure with one open end, having one face covered with a mounting adhesive layer that can be used to temporarily attach said outer cover to the inside or the outside of a garment, at a location on the garment that is in close contact with the injured area of the body, when the garment is worn, wherein said cover has dimensions to form one or more compartments suitable for containing one or more cooling packs, wherein each cooling pack comprises one inner, generally liquid impermeable, container containing a cooling medium, or for containing a cooling medium when the cover is relatively liquid impermeable, and wherein the adhesive layer is covered with a release layer or is applied immediately before use.
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Abstract
Ice bag covers, methods, and articles of manufacture useful in the creation of a adhesive, non-constrictive ice bag device that is compact and can be attached to a garment, said ice bag device preferably comprising (a) a flexible outer cover for one or more cooling packs, having one face partially or entirely covered with mounting adhesive for temporarily attaching said cover, when it is filled with at least one cooling pack, to the inside or the outside of a garment, such that said cooling pack is in close contact with an injured body part of the user, without the need for a strapping and/or wrapping means, and (b) optionally, but preferably, one or more liquid impermeable inner containers that are filled with a cooling medium to form said cooling packs and can fit inside said outer cover, each said inner container being preferably a plastic zipper bag which is sealed on three sides and which has the fourth side open having a rib and groove sealing closure, and wherein said article comprising said outer cover is optionally packaged in association with a set of instructions for use to direct the user how to use the product properly, to ensure that the user knows what benefits can be achieved, and how best to obtain these benefits, and a method of doing business in which an established entity, especially a sports organization is used to assure the user that the device and method of use are safe and effective.
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- 1. A flexible outer cover for an ice bag device that is suitable for use to treat an injured area of a body, said cover being a sack structure with one open end, having one face covered with a mounting adhesive layer that can be used to temporarily attach said outer cover to the inside or the outside of a garment, at a location on the garment that is in close contact with the injured area of the body, when the garment is worn, wherein said cover has dimensions to form one or more compartments suitable for containing one or more cooling packs, wherein each cooling pack comprises one inner, generally liquid impermeable, container containing a cooling medium, or for containing a cooling medium when the cover is relatively liquid impermeable, and wherein the adhesive layer is covered with a release layer or is applied immediately before use.
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13. A method for creating an ice bag device for attaching to the inside or the outside of a garment, such that said ice bag device is in close contact with an injured body part of the user when the garment is worn, by using first aid adhesive tape and/or sport tape to attach said ice bag device to said garment, wherein said ice bag device comprises an inner plastic zipper container containing ice or an ice and water combination, said zipper container optionally being a commercially available zipper bag.
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