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Assignee: SAMUEL G MARCUM
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Filing: 1966-03-04
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Granted: 1968-07-02
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Expires: 1986-03-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Samuel G Marcum

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 14:57
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/12; A61B17/132; A61B17/1322; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/15; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/27

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 228 words
A CONSTRICTOR CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ABILITY TO ENCIRCLE A WIDE RANGE OF SIZES OF PORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY AND COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED FLAT STRIP OF ELASTOMER HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH WHEN RELAXED AND SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER LENGTH WHEN FULLY STRETCHED, FIRST AND SECOND GRASPING TABS ATTACHED TO THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID STRIP, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT, FLEXIBLE, FLAT FIRST SLEEVES SPACED ALONG SAID STRIP IN ENVELOPING RELATION THERETO AND ADJACENT SAID FIRST TAB AND ANCHROED TO SAID STRIP ADJACENT THE TRANSVERSE MID-LINES OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES AND PERMITTING STRETCHING AND RESTORING MOVEMENTS OF SAID STRIP WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVES BETWEEN ADJACENT ANCHORING LINES THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT, FLEXIBLE, FLAT SECOND SLEEVES SPACED ALONG SAID STRIP IN ENVELOPING RELATION THERETO BETWEEN SAID SECOND TAB AND THE NEAREST OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES, SAID SECOND SLEEVES BEING ANCHORED TO SAID STRIP ADJACENT TO THE TRANSVERSE MID-LINES OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES AND PERMITTING STRETCHING AND RESTORING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRIP WITHIN SAID SECOND SLEEVES BETWEEN ADJACENT ANCHORING LINES THEREOF, EACH OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES HAVING A VELCRO PILE MATERIAL FORMING ONE OF ITS OUTER SURFACES, AND EACH OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES HAVING A VELCRO HOOK MATERIAL FORMING ONE OF ITS OUTER SURFACES, THE VELCRO HOOK MATERIAL OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES BEING DISPOSED OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID STRIP FROM THE VELCRO PILE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 228 words
A CONSTRICTOR CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ABILITY TO ENCIRCLE A WIDE RANGE OF SIZES OF PORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY AND COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED FLAT STRIP OF ELASTOMER HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH WHEN RELAXED AND SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER LENGTH WHEN FULLY STRETCHED, FIRST AND SECOND GRASPING TABS ATTACHED TO THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID STRIP, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT, FLEXIBLE, FLAT FIRST SLEEVES SPACED ALONG SAID STRIP IN ENVELOPING RELATION THERETO AND ADJACENT SAID FIRST TAB AND ANCHROED TO SAID STRIP ADJACENT THE TRANSVERSE MID-LINES OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES AND PERMITTING STRETCHING AND RESTORING MOVEMENTS OF SAID STRIP WITHIN SAID FIRST SLEEVES BETWEEN ADJACENT ANCHORING LINES THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT, FLEXIBLE, FLAT SECOND SLEEVES SPACED ALONG SAID STRIP IN ENVELOPING RELATION THERETO BETWEEN SAID SECOND TAB AND THE NEAREST OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES, SAID SECOND SLEEVES BEING ANCHORED TO SAID STRIP ADJACENT TO THE TRANSVERSE MID-LINES OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES AND PERMITTING STRETCHING AND RESTORING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRIP WITHIN SAID SECOND SLEEVES BETWEEN ADJACENT ANCHORING LINES THEREOF, EACH OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES HAVING A VELCRO PILE MATERIAL FORMING ONE OF ITS OUTER SURFACES, AND EACH OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES HAVING A VELCRO HOOK MATERIAL FORMING ONE OF ITS OUTER SURFACES, THE VELCRO HOOK MATERIAL OF SAID SECOND SLEEVES BEING DISPOSED OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID STRIP FROM THE VELCRO PILE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST SLEEVES.

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