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US6435185:
Travelers' comfort--wearable arm support
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Schimpl, Marie Elizabeth; Vernon, Canada
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2002-08-20
/ 2001-03-12
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| Application Number: |
US2001000802880
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 13/08;
A47G 9/06;
Core:
A41D 13/05;
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IPC-7:
A61G 15/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D13/08; A47G9/06F;
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| U.S. Class: |
128/845;
602/004;
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| Field of Search: |
128/845,846,869,877,878,879
602/004,5,20
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| Priority Number: |
| 2001-03-12 |
US2001000802880 |
| 2000-03-13 |
US2000000188628P |
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| Abstract: |
An arm support of flexible, knitted fabric that includes a body of material covering the shoulders and both arms with the body extending around the upper back having upper arcuate portions secured by patches of press fasteners such as "VELCRO". The edges of the body are reenforced with strips of rigid binding around the front and circumferential length around the shoulder. In the rear the flexible binding butts on to the rigid binding strip below the wearer's underarms providing latitude in movement. Optionally a blanket can be attached to the body in a choice of locations.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Halper, Robert ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
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| Parent Case: |
This application replaces the Provisional Application No. 60/188,628 of Marie Elizabeth Schimpl titled Arm Support, filed on Mar. 13, 2000.
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I claim:
1. A portable arm support adapted to be worn like a sweater, especially useful for travelers or for persons undergoing medical treatment, who must sit for extended time periods, comprising:
- a) a main body divided into a front and rear and enclosing lower arms, elbows, upper arms, shoulders, neck and back,
- b) said main body made of a flexible, knitted fabric and having darts at said front near the shoulders and elbows, and said front having a shape approximating that of a square, and including a horizontal envelope,
- c) said horizontal envelope secured across said main body such that when said elbows are bent, said lower arms rest comfortably within said envelope,
- d) said body having horizontal and vertical edges, said edges being bound on said front by underlying strips of rigid, non-flexible fabric, one of said strips binding said horizontal edges extending past said vertical edges, said body and said strips forming an arc around said shoulder and neck that extends around said rear, said body terminating at said rear into two arcuate portions bound by said strip below said rear of said neck, said arcuate portions devolving into vertical edges, said vertical edges being integral with a lower edge in the shape of an ellipse, said lower rear edge being bound by an underlying non-rigid binding strip that is butted with an underlying, flexible binding strip at the approximate height of said wearer's underarms, said flexible binding occupying a predominant amount of circumference of said ellipse,
- e) a pair of press fasteners secured on respective under and over surfaces of said arcuate terminating portions, said fasteners securing said arcuate portions together when said portions are overlapped.
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