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Cold and warm pack for physiotherapy and the like
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-02-03
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Granted: 1987-10-20
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Expires: 2006-02-03
Abstract
Abstract A temperature-storage pack has a tightly bonded sleeve partly filled with temperature-storage material that is kneadable, non-flowing and lacking component builder substances and included air. The sleeve is formed from a vacuum-formed cup-shaped section bonded to a planar part.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Munch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 09:18
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F7/00; A61F7/02; A61F7/10; A61F2007/0268; A61F2007/0269; A61F2007/0271
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A temperature storage pack for physiotherapy and the like, comprising: a tightly bonded sleeve made from a flexible foil, the foil having two tightly-bonded together foil portions, one of the portions being cup-shaped and having a peripheral flanged edge, the other of the portions being planar and having a periphery bonded to the flanged edge of the cup-shaped portion, the cup-shape portion being deep-drawn; and, a temperature-storing filling in the sleeve, the sleeve being only filled to part of its filling capacity and substantially without the inclusion of air, the filling being a kneadable, non-freely flowing filling material having no discrete bodies large enough to be visible to the eye.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A temperature storage pack for physiotherapy and the like, comprising: a tightly bonded sleeve made from a flexible foil, the foil having two tightly-bonded together foil portions, one of the portions being cup-shaped and having a peripheral flanged edge, the other of the portions being planar and having a periphery bonded to the flanged edge of the cup-shaped portion, the cup-shape portion being deep-drawn; and, a temperature-storing filling in the sleeve, the sleeve being only filled to part of its filling capacity and substantially without the inclusion of air, the filling being a kneadable, non-freely flowing filling material having no discrete bodies large enough to be visible to the eye.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A pack according to claim 1 wherein the filling material is kneadable in the temperature range of at least -30° C. to 30 50° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A pack according to either of the claims 1 or claim 2 wherein the filling material contains a thickener.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A pack according to claim 3, wherein the thickener is insoluble in the remaining constituents of the filling material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A pack according to claim 3 wherein the thickener is based on silicic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
A pack according to claim 3, wherein the thickener is inorganic.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A pack according to claim 4, wherein the thickener is based on silicic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A pack according to claim 1, wherein the filling material contains water, at least one of organic antifreeze and at least one salt.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A pack according to claim 1, wherein the filling material contains an antifreeze based on glycol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A pack according to claim 9, wherein the filling material contains an anti-freeze based on propylene-glycol.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A pack according to claim 1, wherein the filling material is free from builder substances in a form of bodies having a particle size over 1 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pack according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is flat in an unshaped state and has a substantially rectangular cross-section.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
A pack according to claim 1 wherein the sleeve of the pack is filled to less than 50%.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A pack according to claim 13, wherein the sleeve is filled between 15 and less than 50%.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pack according to claim 1, wherein the pack has a thickness of 6 to 20 mm in an unshaped state.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pack according to claim 15, wherein the pack has a thickness of 8 to 15 mm in the unshaped state.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A pack according to claim 1 wherein its filling has a viscosity between 20,000 and 200,000 poises.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
A pack according to claim 17, wherein the filling has a viscosity between 50,000 and 150,000 poises.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
A pack according to claim 17, wherein the filling has a viscosity between 80,000 and 100,000 poises.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pack according to claim 1 wherein the portions forming the sleeve are in each case constituted by a composite foil.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
47 words
A pack according to claim 1 wherein the pack is joined to at least one further, correspondingly constructed pack, by means of an edge common to both packs, the edge subdividing the two packs being sufficiently wide that the two packs can be flapped against one another.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
A pack according to claim 21, wherein the pack and the correspondingly constructed pack are joined along a longitudinal edge common to both packs.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
The pack of claim 1, wherein the filling material is vacuum packed in the sleeve.
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