Bandaging means

Claim 2

Bandaging means for retaining dressings in place, comprising a tubular fabric of open mesh structure, said fabric comprising a set of rows of chain stitches made from non-elastic yarn and extending in axial direction of the fabric, and a set of elastic yarns each arranged in reciprocating fashion between two successive rows of chain stitches and linked therewith so as to form between those two rows of chain stitches, when the fabric is tensioned, a line of trapezoids alternately inverted in relation to each other, the two parallel sides of each trapezoid being formed by said rows of chain stitches in which the number of loops in one row is greater by at least two than the number of loops in the second row and the other two sides being formed by said elastic yarn.

Claim 3

Bandaging means as claimed in claim 1, in which the form of said trapezoids is such that each of them approaches a rectangle when the fabric is tensioned.

Claim 4

Bandaging means as claimed in claim 1, in which the basis of each trapezoid has a length of about five chain stitches and the upper side thereof has a length of about three chain stitches.

Claim 5

A tubular bandage adapted to fit over a portion of the weareR''s body to hold a dressing in place, said bandage comprising in combination: an elongate tubular body capable of axial as well as radial stretching, said body being defined by a series of circumferentially spaced and generally parallel rows of stitching extending from one end of the body to the other, and an elastic yarn linking each adjacent pair of said rows of stitching; each row of stitching being formed of an inelastic yarn defining successive chain stitch loops in which the loops in all of the rows are of substantially the same size; each of said elastic yarns being connected between the two rows of stitching with which it is associated through axially spaced first groups of the chain stitch loops in each of such two rows, said first groups being axially spaced to define second groups of chain stitch loops in which the number of loops in each second group is greater by at least two than the number of loops in each first group, and the elastic yarns connecting said two rows to the next adjacent rows being connected through first groups of chain stitch loops which lie within the respective second groups of said two rows.

Claim 6

A tubular bandage adapted to fit over a portion of the weareR''s body to hold a dressing in place, said bandage comprising in combination: an elongate tubular body capable of axial as well as radial stretching, said body being defined by a series of circumferentially spaced and generally parallel rows of stitching extending from one end of the body to the other, and an elastic yarn linking each adjacent pair of said rows of stitching; each row of stitching being formed of an inelastic yarn defining successive chain stitch loops in which the loops in all of the rows are of substantially the same size; each of said elastic yarns being connected between the two rows of stitching with which it is associated through axially spaced first groups of the chain stitch loops in each of such two rows, said first groups being axially spaced to define second groups of chain stitch loops in which the number of loops in each second group is greater by at least two than the number of loops in each first group, and the elastic yarns connecting said two rows to the next adjacent rows being connected through first groups of chain stitch loops which lie within the respective second groups of said two rows.

Claim 7

A tubular bandage as defined in claim 4 wherein there are three chain stitch loops in each first group and five chain stitch loops in each second group.