Perforated composite bandage

Claim 2

A dressing assembly for dressing a wound comprising: a pair of spaced, elongated bands positioned in end to end relation and each having a pair of notches spaced in-wardly from its end nearest the other band; adhesive on a portion of each of said bands and spaced from said notches on the side thereof opposite the end of the respective band nearest the other band; a rod secured to each of said bands on the end thereof nearest the other band and between said end and said notches, each of said rods terminating at two opposed ends located evenly with, or inwardly from, the side edges of each of said elongated bands whereby said rods are not exposed laterally outwardly of the respective band on which they are located; and an elastomeric ring passed around the ends of said rods and into said notches to interconnect said bands.

Claim 3

A composite bandage assembly selectively divisible into a plurality of bandage strap elements, said composite bandage assembly comprising: a monoplanar, substantially rectangular sheet of flexible material perforated by a plurality of spaced, parallel perforation lines extending across the sheet from one side edge thereof to another side edge and each intersecting said other side edge at substantially a right angle; a rod secured to said sheet along said other side edge, said rod having spaced weakening notches therein coincident with the points of intersection of said perforation lines with said other side edge whereby said rod may be manually broken at a selected notch, and said sheet manually torn along the respective aligned perforation line to subdivide said sheet into a plurality of bandage strap elements of selective size, said rod having a length not greater than the length of said other side edge, and having its opposite end portions covered by said sheet; additional perforations extending from opposite side edges of each of said perforation lines in a direction substantially normal to the respective perforation line and immediately inwardly in said sheet from said rod to facilitate slotting the sheet with anchor slots adjacent and parallel to the rod in each bandage strap element subdivided from the sheet; and adhesive on a portion of the sheet spaced from said side edge and crossed by all of said perforation lines.

Claim 4

A composite bandage assembly selectively divisible into a plurality of bandage strap elements, said composite bandage assembly comprising: a monoplanar, substantially rectangular sheet of flexible material perforated by a plurality of spaced, parallel perforation lines extending across the sheet from one side edge thereof to another side edge and each intersecting said other side edge at substantially a right angle; a rod secured to said sheet along said other side edge, said rod having spaced weakening notches therein coincident with the points of intersection of said perforation lines with said other side edge whereby said rod may be manually broken at a selected notch, and said sheet manually torn along the respective aligned perforation line to subdivide said sheet into a plurality of bandage strap elements of selective size, said rod having a length not greater than the length of said other side edge, and having its opposite end portions covered by said sheet; additional perforations extending from opposite side edges of each of said perforation lines in a direction substantially normal to the respective perforation line and immediately inwardly in said sheet from said rod to facilitate slotting the sheet with anchor slots adjacent and parallel to the rod in each bandage strap element subdivided from the sheet; and adhesive on a portion of the sheet spaced from said side edge and crossed by all of said perforation lines.

Claim 5

A composite bandage assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein said adhesive is configured as a rectangular band spaced from said first mentioned side edge and separated therefrom by a rectangular area of said sheet.

Claim 6

A bandage as defined in claim 2 and further chaRacterized as including an adhesive-free covering sheet covering the adhesive on said first-mentioned sheet, and having a removal flap facilitating removal of the adhesive-free covering sheet from said first-mentioned sheet, said adhesive-free sheet having spaced perforation lines therein, each coinciding with, and overlying, a portion of one of said perforation lines of said first-mentioned sheet.