CERVICAL COLLAR

• US 3,756,226 A
• Filed: 12/08/1971
• Issued: 09/04/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Anthony Calabrese, Frank Gramiglia
• Original Assignee: Anthony Calabrese, Frank Gramiglia
• Inventors: Calabrese, Anthony, Gramiglia, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaudet, Richard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yasko, J.
• Application Number:
  US05/206,099
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 128/75,90,DIG.23,87,83,84,89
• US Class Current: 602/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/128 specially adapted for the neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/055 Cervical collars
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/23 Cervical collars

Abstract

Orthopedic device of the cervical collar type formed in two halves. Each half is preformed from a soft flexible closed cell polymeric material and adjustably coupled to the other half. Each half has a rigid support member fixedly secured thereto. One of said members is a chin support and the other is a posterior member which is adapted to extend along the spine from the back to the basal portion of the skull.

Claims

1. A cervical collar comprising first and second discrete body halves, one of said body halves being a front half and the other being a rear half, each half being U-shaped and preformed from a soft flexible, lightweight closed cell foam polymeric plastic material, each half being provided with air holes extending therethrough, adjustable strap means having a portion coupled to each of said halves for releasably interconnecting the free ends of said halves in overlapping relation, a first rigid support member fixedly secured to and located only at the bight of the front half, a second differently shaped rigid support member fixedly secured to and located only at the bight of the rear half.

2. A cervical collar in accordance with claim 1 wherein said front half has a chin support cavity at its upper end, the first rigid support member having a curved portion juxtaposed to sAid cavity, said cavity and the first rigid support member being on opposite surfaces of said front half.

3. A collar in accordance with claim 1 wherein said rigid support members are secured to the respective body halves by rivets, with a large diameter washer between the body half and the head on one end of each rivet.

4. A collar in accordance with claim 1 wherein the free ends of said body halves converge away from the bight portion.

5. A collar in accordance with claim 4 wherein the end portions of the body halves are tapered.

6. A collar in accordance with claim 1 wherein the portion of the adjustable strap means on each body half overlies the respective rigid support member on each body half, and means fixedly securing each portion of the adjustable strap means to its respective body half.

7. A collar in accordance with claim 6 wherein the portion of the adjustable strap means on the front half is secured thereto at the ends of the U-shaped body, and the portion of the adjustable strap means on the rear half being secured thereto at the bight portion thereof.

8. A cervical collar comprising first and second discrete body halves, one of said body halves being a front half and the other being a rear half, each body half being U-shaped and formed from a soft, flexible, lightweight closed cell foam polymeric plastic material, each body half having air holes extending therethrough, a first rigid support member secured only to the bight of the front half, said front half having a chin cavity at its upper end juxtaposed to a curved portion on said rigid support member, a second differently shaped rigid support member secured only to the bight of the rear half, the upper end of said second support member being curved away from the front half, adjustable strap means having a portion coupled to each of said halves for releasably interconnecting the free ends of said halves in overlapping relation, each portion of said strap means being secured to its respective body half, and the free ends of each body half converging in a direction away from the bight portion thereof.

9. A collar in accordance with claim 8 wherein each portion of the adjustable strap means overlies its respective rigid support member.

10. A collar in accordance with claim 8 wherein the portion of the adjustable strap means on one body half being fixedly secured to the free ends of said one body half, and the portion of the adjustable strap means on the other body half being secured thereto only at the bight portion of its body half.