Therapeutic appliance for headache

Claim 1

A THERAPEUTIC APPLIANCE FOR RELIEVING BODY MEMBER DISCOMFORTS COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED STRIP OF SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY AND DETACHABLY SECURING THE ENDS OF THE STRIP TO FORM A LOOP FOR LOOSELY ENCIRCLING THE BODY MEMBER, A SECOND STRIP OF LIKE MATERIAL LOOSEL OVERLYING A MINOR EXTERNAL PORTION OF SAID LOOP AND SECURED THERETO AT ITS ENDS AND PARTIALLY ALONG THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF TO DEFINE A POCKET, MEANS REMOVABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID POCKET FOR EXERTING OUTWARD PRESSURE ON SAID SECOND STRIP TO THEREBY UNIFORMLY TENSION THE PORTION OF SAID ELONGATED STRIP WHEN ENCIRCLED ABOUT SAID BODY MEMBER, AND FOR EXERTING INWARD PRESSURE ON THE PORTION OF SAID ELONGATED STRIP UNDERLYING SAID SECOND STRIP TO THEREBY CONSTRICT AND PRESS SAID LOOP ABOUT BODY MEMBER, AND A THIRD STRIP OF MATERIAL OVERLYING A SEPARATE EXTERNAL PORTION OF SAID LOOP AND SECURED THERETO TO DEFINE AN ELONGATED POCKET FOR RECEIVING A THERMAL APPLICATOR THEREIN, WHEREBY THERMAL TREATMENT MAY BE APPLIED TO SAID BODY MEMBER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH CONSTRUCTION OF SAID LOOP THEREABOUT.