 |
|
|
|
|
|
 Title: |
US6453904:
Arm-sling vest
[ Derwent Title ]
|
| Country: |
US United States of America
|
| |
| Inventor: |
Wilson, Greg W.; Lawrence, KS 66049
Lewis, Cinda J.; Arkansas City, KS 67005
|
| Assignee: |
None
|
| Published / Filed: |
2002-09-24
/ 2002-03-19
|
| Application Number: |
US2002000101233
|
| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/37;
Core:
more...
IPC-7:
A61F 5/37;
|
| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/37C2B2;
|
| U.S. Class: |
128/874;
602/004;
|
| Field of Search: |
602/004,5,62
002/044,45
128/845,846,869,874,875,877,878,879,DIG. 15
|
| Priority Number: |
| 2002-03-19 |
US2002000101233 |
|
| Abstract: |
An arm-sling vest includes sleeveless front and back vest panels defining an opening permitting the panels to fit over a person's head so as to rest upon the shoulders. Lateral edges of the panels include hook and loop fasteners for releasably and adjustably connecting the panels together about a person's torso. A pair of support straps are attached to an outer surface of the front vest panel and include free ends extending therefrom. A corresponding pair of retainer patches are attached to the front vest panel and positioned above the support straps and aligned therewith, respectively. The support straps and retainer patches include complementary fasteners such that the straps may cradle a person's forearm and secured to a respective retainer patch. The support straps are independently operable such that a person's forearm may be cradled in a plurality of orientations.
|
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Ream, Dale J. ;
|
| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
|
| Maintenance Status: |
E2 Expired Check current status
|
| INPADOC Legal Status: |
Show legal status actions
|
| Family: |
None
|
First Claim:
Show all 16 claims |
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:
1. An arm-sling vest for stabilizing a human arm, comprising:
- a front vest panel capable of extending over a person's chest and torso;
- a back vest panel connected to said front vest panel and capable of extending over a person's back, said front and back vest panels defining an opening operable to permit said front and back vest panels to be fitted over the head of a person such that said front and back vest panels may be supported upon a person's shoulders;
- means connected to lateral edges of said front and back vest panels for releasably and adjustably fastening said front and back vest panels to one another about a person's torso;
- an elongate first support strap having a first end connected to an outer surface of said front vest panel and a second end depending from a front surface of said front vest panel, one side of said first support strap having a first coupling means mounted longitudinally therealong; and
- a retainer patch fixedly attached to said front surface of said front vest panel and displaced upwardly from said first end of said first support strap, said adjustment patch including a second coupling means that is complementary to said first coupling means, whereby said support strap may be looped about a person's arm and said first and second coupling means may be engaged for stabilizing said person's arm at a desired orientation.
|
| Background / Summary: |
Show background / summary
|
| Drawing Descriptions: |
Show drawing descriptions
|
| Description: |
Show description
|
| Forward References: |
Show 5 U.S. patent(s) that reference this one
|
