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US3648291A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Protective garment for bedridden people

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1970-07-06
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Granted: 1972-03-14
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Expires: 1990-07-06
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Abstract

Abstract A garment for protecting an elbow or other protuberance of a bedridden patient includes sleeve for encompassing such protuberance. The sleeve is made from a cloth having a relatively low coefficient of friction with respect to sheets and other bedclothes and employing a nonabsorbent monofilament fiber such as nylon. The sleeve has a stretchability at least in direction transverse of the axis of the sleeve. A nonslip cushion constituted as a sheet of foam rubber is adhered to the interior of the sleeve to provide a protuberance-covering pressure-bearing portion constituted as a laminate of foam rubber sheeting directly in contact with the flesh and covered by the cloth layer, this portion being devoid of any seams or other obstructions which can cause localized pressure on the flesh at the pressure-bearing portions of the protuberance. A casing in the end of each sleeve completely covers an elastic cord. Together they tend to prevent the sleeve from rolling up and they act to stabilize the garment to maintain the cushion in contact with the pressure bearing portion of the flesh adjacent the protected protuberance.

Inventors

  • 👤 Alva L Pankers

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 13:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/06; A61F13/064; A61F13/069; A61F13/10; A61F13/101

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
A garment to protect the flesh adjacent a bony protuberance of a limb of a bedridden patient, said garment including a hollow sleeve of flexible, hard surface cloth having a relatively low coefficient of friction with respect to bed clothes, a smooth resilient, flesh contacting cushion sheet having a relatively high coefficient of friction with respect to flesh, said sheet being adhered to an interior surface of a portion of said sleeve to provide a laminate, protuberance-covering, pressure-bearing garment portion devoid of obstruction, at least one casing at an end portion of said sleeve, and an elastic cord in said casing tensioning said casing to tend to hold said end portion snugly in contact with portions of the limb of such patient adjacent said protuberance when said cushion is in contact with the flesh adjacent the protuberance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 137 words
A garment to protect the flesh adjacent a bony protuberance of a limb of a bedridden patient, said garment including a hollow sleeve of flexible, hard surface cloth having a relatively low coefficient of friction with respect to bed clothes, a smooth resilient, flesh contacting cushion sheet having a relatively high coefficient of friction with respect to flesh, said sheet being adhered to an interior surface of a portion of said sleeve to provide a laminate, protuberance-covering, pressure-bearing garment portion devoid of obstruction, at least one casing at an end portion of said sleeve, and an elastic cord in said casing tensioning said casing to tend to hold said end portion snugly in contact with portions of the limb of such patient adjacent said protuberance when said cushion is in contact with the flesh adjacent the protuberance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said casing and cord make substantially only a line of contact with the flesh around the limb.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 68 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the elastic causes such tensioning of the casing against the flesh that the casing will tend to be easily displaced due to movement of the patient in bed, and wherein the cushion will have a sufficiently high coefficient of friction with respect to the flesh to tend to strongly resist movement with respect thereto due to movement of the patient in bed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the cloth sleeve is further characterized as having a tendency to cling to a limb around which said sleeve is positioned.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 15 words
The combination of claim 4 wherein said cushion is made of an expanded foam material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
The combination of claim 5 wherein said cloth is made from a monofilament nylon fiber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 25 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the casing completely encompasses the cord and wherein the cord is formed as a continuous loop inside the casing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 17 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the cloth of said sleeve is made up of nonabsorbent material.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1975-03-14 1975-09-13 1976-03-14 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1979-03-14 1979-09-13 1980-03-14 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1983-03-14 1983-09-13 1984-03-14 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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