Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1999-08-18
2000-11-28
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 8, 128846, A61F 500
Patent
active
061528927
ABSTRACT:
A custom-fitted athletic body protective product such as a shin guard, including a storage package formed of moisture-impervious material and sealable to prevent entry of moisture, a flexible protective guard positioned in the storage package and sealed therein against entry of moisture, and for being custom-formed to the shape of a body part to be protected while flexible and upon hardening providing a rigid, supporting custom fit to the body part. The protective product includes a low density core defining first and second major surfaces and first and second sheets positioned in overlying relation on respective first and second major surfaces of the core. The core and the first and second overlying sheet materials collectively defining a laminated substrate. A reactive system is impregnated into or coated onto the substrate, the reactive system remaining stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions and hardening upon exposure to sufficient moisture to form a rigid, self-supporting structure of the substrate. A cover encloses the substrate.
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Author unknown, Firet Coremat.RTM. XX and XW, commerical literature, publication date was prior to the date this application was filed, 2 pages, publisher unknown.
Author unknown, Firet Coremat.RTM. XM, commerical literature, publication date was prior to the date this application was filed, 2 pages, publisher unknown.
Brown Michael A.
Hamilton Lalita
Parker Athletic Products, LLC
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