Limb protective coverings

• US 4,530,350 A
• Filed: 03/22/1984
• Issued: 07/23/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brown, Ronald E., Jack M. Grinwis
• Original Assignee: Brown, Ronald E., Jack M. Grinwis
• Inventors: Grinwis, Jack M., Brown, Ronald E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US06/592,216
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 128/82, 128/157, 128/165
• US Class Current: 602/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/041 Accessories for stiffening bandages, e.g. cast liners, heel-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 15/004 Bandage protectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/15 Hook and loop type fastener

Abstract

A limb protective covering is provided having a tubular sleeve of plastic and an integral hand or foot receiving member and an elongate closure strap heat sealed along a transverse line intermediate its ends to the sleeve, and having an overlying stabilizing loop over the closure strap at the heat sealed line.

Claims

1. A limb protective covering comprising an elongate generally tubular, flexible, waterproof plastic member having at one end of one of an integral foot and hand receiving member and at the other end an opening receiving the limb to be covered, an elongate strap-like closure member adapted to encircle the limb of a user below said opening, said closure member having a heat sealed substantially single line portion transverse to the length of the closure member fixed to the wall of said tubular member adjacent the said opening as the sole engagement of the closure member to the tubular member, said closure member having first and second strap members extending from opposite sides of said heat sealed transverse line portion, said first member having a rigid loop on one end remote from the panel, the second strap member passing through said rigid loop, a stop member on the end of said second strap, mating engagement fabric portions on said strap and on said stop member whereby said second strap may be drawn through said rigid loop of the first member, tightened into a water-tight seal on the limb and engaged upon itself with the mating engagement fabric of said second strap and stop member, a stabilizing loop heat sealed by a line portion at each end on said plastic tubular member and overlying said closure member at said transverse heat sealed line portion of the tubular member whereby to support said closure member and stabilize the same against removal.

2. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tubular plastic member is made of polyurethane.

3. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tubular member has a foot receiving member integral therewith.

4. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tubular member has a hand receiving member integral therewith.

5. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein the heat sealed line portion of the closure member is fixed to said tubular member spaced from said open end.

6. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein the stabilizing loop over said closure member is fixed to said tubular member over the heat sealed line portion adjacent the said open end and a loop is provided adjacent said open end on said tubular member spaced from said stabilizing loop for receiving at least one of the ends of said closure member.

7. A limb protective covering as claimed in claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein the stabilizing loop is polyurethane.