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US4622961:
Arm sling with mitten pocket
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Christensen, Margery; Bristol, CT 06010
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-11-18
/ 1985-04-04
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| Application Number: |
US1985000720080
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| IPC Code: |
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A61F 5/37;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/40;
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| U.S. Class: |
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602/004;
Original:
128/094;
128/077;
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| Field of Search: |
128/094,77,87 R,DIG. 15
002/270,125,111
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| Priority Number: |
| 1985-04-04 |
US1985000720080 |
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| Abstract: |
An arm sling has an integral mitt section thereon which can be positioned to enable envelopment of either the forearm alone, or of the forearm and entire hand of the wearer. The mitt section can either extend from or be folded into the sleeve section of the cradle or body of the sling, thereby affording the two alternatives.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Peshock, Robert; Weiss, John G.
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None
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First Claim:
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Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:
1. An arm sling comprised of a cradle member and attached strap means, said cradle member having a sleeve section and, at the forward end thereof, an integral mitt section, said sleeve and mitt sections being dimensioned and configured, respectively, to substantially receive the forearm and hand of the wearer, each of said sections beign comprised of a pair of substantially coextensive side panel potions, said strap means being attached to both of said panel portions of said sleeve section adjacent said forward end thereof, as well as being attached adjacent the rearward end of said cradle member, said panel portions of said mitt section being joined to one another about the exterior of said cradle member, and being disconnected therewithin to permit insertion of the hand into said mitt section, said panel portions of said sleeve section being joined along the bottom and disconnected along the top, said panel portions of said sleeve and mitt sections, on one side of said cradle member, being joined to one another, and said panel portions of said sleeve and mitt sections on the other side being disconnected from one another to permit facile displacemnt of said sleeve panel portion one other side, relative to said sleeve panel portion on one side, with said strap means so attached, said sleeve panel portion on other side having disengageable means thereon for temporarily affixing them to one another, the construction of said cradle member permitting folding of said mitt section from an extended position to an inward position within said sleeve section by relative displacement of said sleeve and mitt panel portions on said other side, said cradle member thereby being adapted for facile conversion for enveloping the forearm and hand of the wearer, in said extended position of said mitt section, or alternatively, for enveloping substantially only the forearm in said inward position thereof.
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