US3976066A
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Skin protective device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-04-28
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Granted: 1976-08-24
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Expires: 1995-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A skin protective device, which includes one or more resiliently deformable mounting members capable of deforming to the contour of selected skin areas situated near the skin area to be protected. In use, the mounting members are secured to the selected skin areas. One or more substantially rigid protective elements, forming an air permeable protective barrier, are mounted on the mounting members so that the air permeable protective barrier extends over and is spaced away from, the skin area to be protected.
Inventors
- 👤 James S. McCartney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:38
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F15/00; A61F15/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
286 words
An article for protecting a first skin area on the body from foreign contact, while permitting air to circulate thereabout, comprising: a. resiliently deformable mounting means positionable on, and conformable to the contour of, substantially any portion of the body including a second skin area situated relatively near said first skin area; b. means for 1) securing said mounting means to said second skin area without producing residual pressure thereon, such that the blood supply to said first and second skin areas is substantially unaffected when said mounting means is so secured to said second skin area, and further for 2) maintaining said mounting means in position on, and in conformance to the contour of, said second skin area during substantially any normal movement of the one portion of the body which includes the location of said first skin area; and c. protector means capable of passing air between the atmosphere and said first skin area and mounted on said mounting means so as to extend over and be spaced away from said first skin area, said protector means having sufficient rigidity to substantially prevent foreign contact with said first skin area, wherein said resiliently deformable mounting means is of such a size and configuration and sufficiently compressible and wherein said protector means is mounted thereon in such a manner, that said mounting means is capable of absorbing external pressure exerted thereon, including pressure exerted by said protector means as a result of said normal movement of said one portion of the body, without the character of the contact between said mounting means and said second skin area being substantially altered, whereby the supply of blood into said first and second skin areas remains substantially unaffected.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
286 words
An article for protecting a first skin area on the body from foreign contact, while permitting air to circulate thereabout, comprising: a. resiliently deformable mounting means positionable on, and conformable to the contour of, substantially any portion of the body including a second skin area situated relatively near said first skin area; b. means for 1) securing said mounting means to said second skin area without producing residual pressure thereon, such that the blood supply to said first and second skin areas is substantially unaffected when said mounting means is so secured to said second skin area, and further for 2) maintaining said mounting means in position on, and in conformance to the contour of, said second skin area during substantially any normal movement of the one portion of the body which includes the location of said first skin area; and c. protector means capable of passing air between the atmosphere and said first skin area and mounted on said mounting means so as to extend over and be spaced away from said first skin area, said protector means having sufficient rigidity to substantially prevent foreign contact with said first skin area, wherein said resiliently deformable mounting means is of such a size and configuration and sufficiently compressible and wherein said protector means is mounted thereon in such a manner, that said mounting means is capable of absorbing external pressure exerted thereon, including pressure exerted by said protector means as a result of said normal movement of said one portion of the body, without the character of the contact between said mounting means and said second skin area being substantially altered, whereby the supply of blood into said first and second skin areas remains substantially unaffected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector is air permeable.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said mounting means is a foam material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article of claim 1, including means for removably mounting said protector means on said mounting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article of claim 1, including means for resiliently mounting said protector means on said mounting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said mounting means includes two mounting pads positionable on opposite sides of said first skin area, said protector means being mounted on, and extending between, said two mounting pads and over said first skin area.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
An article of claim 6, wherein each of said mounting pads has an upper surface, an opposed undersurface, and two opposed side surfaces, said undersurface lying adjacent said second skin area in use, and wherein each of said mounting pads includes at least one notch defined in said undersurface thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
An article of claim 7, wherein said notch in each of said mounting pads extends between said opposed side surfaces thereof and is substantially V-shaped in outline, said notch having sides which converge in the direction of said upper surface of said mounting pad.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said securing and maintaining means is permanently affixed to said mounting means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article of claim 1, including means for releasably securing said securing and maintaining means to said mounting means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
An article of claim 6, wherein each of said mounting pads includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and two end surfaces therebetween, each of said two end surfaces having an inclined portion extending outwardly from said upper surface toward said lower surface, and a blunt portion extending upward from said lower surface to intersect with said inclined portion, said blunt portion having an angle to the vertical substantially less than that of said inclined portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a plurality of parallel, spaced bars.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
An article of claim 12, wherein said mounting means has defined therein a plurality of grooves to receive a portion of said bars.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a single bar.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
An article of claim 14, wherein said bar has two ends, and wherein said mounting means has defined therein grooves to receive said two ends.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a sheet of air permeable material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a material sheet having a plurality of openings defined therein.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a plurality of strips of a thermoplastic material.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said protector means includes a plurality of strips of rigid material, each of said strips being rotatably mounted on said mounting means, and rotatably connected to certain other of said strips to form a scissors-like grid.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
51 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said securing and maintaining means includes at least one adhesive tape strip, at least one portion of said adhesive tape strip being secured to said mounting means, the remainder of said adhesive tape strip being adapted to be attached to the skin of a user.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said securing and maintaining means includes an adhesive applied to one surface of said mounting means, said one surface being positioned against and adhering to said second skin area in use.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
43 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said securing and maintaining means includes at least one band of material positionable about the body of a user in said second skin area, and further includes means for removably securing said mounting means to said band.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
39 words
An article of claim 22, wherein said removably securing means includes first adhering means attached to said band and second adhering means attached to said mounting means, said first and second adhering means being releasably mateable with each other.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
24 words
An article of claim 23, wherein said band has two ends, at least one end of which has attached thereto said first adhering means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article of claim 24, including means permanently securing the other end of said band to said mounting means.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
45 words
An article of claim 24, wherein said first adhering means has two portions thereof, one portion being attached to said band in the vicinity of said one end thereof, the other portion being attached to said band in the vicinity of the other end thereof.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
78 words
An article of claim 1, wherein said mounting means includes an upper surface, and an opposed undersurface, said undersurface lying adjacent said second skin area in use, and wherein said article further includes a substantially nondeformable support means positioned in said mounting means between said undersurface thereof and a point on said mounting means where said protector means is mounted on said mounting means, such that contact between said protector means and said first skin area is prevented.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
29 words
An article of claim 27, wherein said nondeformable support means includes a series of spaced lengths of nondeformable material positioned in said mounting means substantially along the length thereof.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
63 words
An article of claim 27, wherein said article further includes a series of spaced lengths of nondeformable material positioned in a tubelike element of flexible material, and wherein said protector means includes a plurality of parallel, spaced bars, one of said lengths of nondeformable material being positioned in said tubelike element between each of said bars and said undersurface of said mounting means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article of claim 6, wherein the depth of one mounting pad is greater than the depth of the other mounting pad.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
26 words
An article of claim 30, wherein the depth of said one mounting pad is approximately twice as great as the depth of said other mounting pad.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
38 words
An article of claim 6, including a plurality of spaced anchor elements positioned, respectively, in each of said mounting pads along the length thereof, and wherein said protector means extends between said anchor elements in said mounting pads.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
57 words
An article of claim 32, wherein said protector means includes a plurality of lengths of a rigid, yieldable material, each of said lengths extending between one of said anchor elements in each of said mounting pads, and wherein each of said lengths includes attaching means at each end thereof for securing said lengths to said anchor elements.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
32 words
An article of claim 33, wherein said attaching means includes U-shaped end portions of said lengths, said U-shaped end portions being configured to hook around and be secured to said anchor elements.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
165 words
An article for protecting a first skin area from a contact thereof while letting air circulate thereabout, comprising: a. first and second mounting means positionable on second and third skin area situated relatively near and on opposite sides of said first skin area, said first mounting means defining substantially a closed loop; b. first means for securing a portion of said first mounting means to said second skin area in the vicinity of the palm of a user's hand, the remainder of said first mounting means being raised off of, and substantially encircling the user's hand; c. second means for securing said second mounting means to said third skin area in the vicinity of the user's wrist; d. protector means attached between said first and second mounting means, such that said protector means extends over and is spaced away from said first skin area; and, e. means attaching said protector means to said second mounting means, and to the remainder of said first mounting means.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
165 words
An article for protecting a first skin area from a contact thereof while letting air circulate thereabout, comprising: a. first and second mounting means positionable on second and third skin area situated relatively near and on opposite sides of said first skin area, said first mounting means defining substantially a closed loop; b. first means for securing a portion of said first mounting means to said second skin area in the vicinity of the palm of a user's hand, the remainder of said first mounting means being raised off of, and substantially encircling the user's hand; c. second means for securing said second mounting means to said third skin area in the vicinity of the user's wrist; d. protector means attached between said first and second mounting means, such that said protector means extends over and is spaced away from said first skin area; and, e. means attaching said protector means to said second mounting means, and to the remainder of said first mounting means.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
80 words
An article of claim 35, wherein said portion of first mounting means includes an elongated support element having two ends, and a relatively rigid length of material in the form of a loop which extends into said two ends, said support means being adapted to fit across the palm of the users's hand, the fingers of the user's hand extending through said loop formed by said length when said support element is adhered to the palm of the user's hand.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
54 words
An article of claim 35 including a third substantially rigid mounting means which takes the form of a closed loop, said first mounting means being positioned intermediate said second mounting means and said third mounting means, and rigid protector means extending between and secured to said first mounting means and said third mounting means.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
14 words
An article of claim 35, wherein said protector means includes strips of thermoplastic material.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
117 words
An article for protecting a first skin area from a contact thereof while letting air circulate thereabout, comprising: a. first mounting means sufficient in size to support a human foot thereon; b. second mounting means configured so as to fit about the ankle of a user; c. first means for securing said first mounting means to the sole of the foot of the user; d. second means for securing said second mounting means to said ankle; e. a plurality of strips of substantially rigid, material extending between and secured to said first and second mounting means so as to prevent a contact thereof; and f. means for attaching said strips to said first and second mounting means.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
117 words
An article for protecting a first skin area from a contact thereof while letting air circulate thereabout, comprising: a. first mounting means sufficient in size to support a human foot thereon; b. second mounting means configured so as to fit about the ankle of a user; c. first means for securing said first mounting means to the sole of the foot of the user; d. second means for securing said second mounting means to said ankle; e. a plurality of strips of substantially rigid, material extending between and secured to said first and second mounting means so as to prevent a contact thereof; and f. means for attaching said strips to said first and second mounting means.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
15 words
An article of claim 39, wherein said first means includes sections of double-backed adhesive tape.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article of claim 39, wherein said rigid material is a thermoplastic material.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
141 words
An article of claim 39 wherein said first mounting means has forward and rear ends, and wherein said plurality of strips includes a first strip secured at opposite ends to said first mounting means and defining a substantially vertical loop in the vicinity of said forward end of said first mounting means, said loop being sufficient in size to permit insertion of the toes of a foot of the user therethrough; a second strip secured at opposite ends thereof to said first stip and defining a substantially horizontal semicircle fowardly from said first strip; at least a third strip extending between and secured to said first strip and said second mounting means, and at least fourth and fifth strips extending between and secured to said second mounting means and said first mounting means in the vicinity of said rear end thereof.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
51 words
An article of claim 6, wherein said protector means includes means permitting relative movement between said mounting pads when said mounting pads are not operatively positioned on the body, so that the area between said mounting pads is adjustable in accordance with the size and shape of said first skin area.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
32 words
An article of claim 6, wherein said protector means includes a plurality of strips of thermoplastic material, which extend between said mounting pads when the article is operatively positioned on the body.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
54 words
An article of claim 44, wherein said securing and maintaining means includes first strip-like means securely affixed to the body on opposite sides of said first skin area, and further including second strip-like means securely affixed to each of said mounting pads, said first and second strip-like means being releasably mateable with each other.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-08-24 | 1980-02-23 | 1980-08-24 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-08-24 | 1984-02-23 | 1984-08-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-08-24 | 1988-02-23 | 1988-08-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |