SUPPORTING BANDAGE

• US 3,805,781 A
• Filed: 12/07/1972
• Issued: 04/23/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bike Athletic Co. (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Raymond M. Hoey
• Inventors: Hoey, Raymond M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaudet, Richard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yasko, J.
• Application Number:
  US05/312,903
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 128/166,156,157,166.5,155,75,87,89,90,82
• US Class Current: 602/75
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/066 for the ankle

Abstract

The method of providing support for a portion of the human body which consists of the steps of underwrapping with at least one layer of a thin, highly conformable and extensible polyurethane foam sheet, impenetrable to adhesives and having a pitted, mechanically lightly self-adhering surface and easily tearable into lengths as desired so that it may be wound at high speed around the limb under tension and will so remain when released; and application over the underwrap sheet of at least one layer of self-adhering supporting material, such as conventional adhesive tape.

Claims

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said sheet comprised a polymeric cellular foam material.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said foam is a polyurethane foam.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said foam is a reticulated foam.