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Orthopedic cervical support collar and method of making the same
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-07-06
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Granted: 1989-04-11
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Expires: 2007-07-06
Abstract
Abstract An orthopedic cervical support collar comprising a piece of thick, absorbent cloth material folded lengthwise to form an elongated, multi-ply pad having a length sufficient to encircle the neck and provide an overlap. Stitching through the cloth plies, or other suitable ply interengaging means, maintains the plies in a flat, pad-forming condition. Releasable fastening means such as burr type ("Velcro") fasteners are mounted on the pad in the area of the overlap for releasably fastening together the overlapped pad ends when mounting the pad collar-wise on the neck of the user. A method of making the collar from a length of toweling or other thick, absorbent cloth material also is provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Natalee E. Taylor
- 👤 John P. Bonica
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 03:17
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/01; A61F5/04; A61F5/05; A61F5/055; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/23
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
An orthopedic, cervical, support collar comprising: a rectangular piece of thick, absorbent cloth material having longitudinal sides and opposite end portions, folded to form an elongated, multi-plies pad having at least four layers constituting the entire thickness of the collar; said pad having a length sufficient to encircle the neck and provide an area of overlap at said opposite end portions, ply interengaging means maintaining the piece in flat, pad-forming condition, and releasable fastening means mounted on the pad in the area of the overlap and end portions for releasably fastening together the overlapped end portions when mounting the pad collar-wise on the neck of the user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
An orthopedic, cervical, support collar comprising: a rectangular piece of thick, absorbent cloth material having longitudinal sides and opposite end portions, folded to form an elongated, multi-plies pad having at least four layers constituting the entire thickness of the collar; said pad having a length sufficient to encircle the neck and provide an area of overlap at said opposite end portions, ply interengaging means maintaining the piece in flat, pad-forming condition, and releasable fastening means mounted on the pad in the area of the overlap and end portions for releasably fastening together the overlapped end portions when mounting the pad collar-wise on the neck of the user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The collar of claim 1 wherein said rectangular piece is folded longitudinally inwardly from each side to adjacent the longitudinal center line of the piece and then again adjacent the longitudinal center line to form a four-plies pad.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The support collar of claim 1 wherein the ply interengaging means comprises stitching through the cloth plies.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The support collar of claim 1 wherein the ply interengaging means comprises stitching a spaced distance inwardly along each longitudinal side of the pad to provide stiffened, supportive longitudinal pad margins.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The support collar of claim 4, including further stitching transversely adjacent each end portion of the pad.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The support collar of claim 1 wherein the fastening means comprises "Velcro" type fasteners.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
112 words
The method of making an orthopedic, cervical support collar which comprises: folding a rectangular piece of thick, absorbent, cloth material lengthwise to form an elongated, multi-plies pad having at least four layers constituting the entire thickness of the collar and having a length sufficient to encircle the neck and provide an area of overlap at opposite end portions, stitching the plies together a spaced distance inwardly of the longitudinal sides of the pad to form stiffened, supportive longitudinal pad margins, and mounting on the pad at the overlapped end portions releasable fastener means for releasably fastening together the overlapped end portions when mounting the pad collar-wise on the neck of the user.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
112 words
The method of making an orthopedic, cervical support collar which comprises: folding a rectangular piece of thick, absorbent, cloth material lengthwise to form an elongated, multi-plies pad having at least four layers constituting the entire thickness of the collar and having a length sufficient to encircle the neck and provide an area of overlap at opposite end portions, stitching the plies together a spaced distance inwardly of the longitudinal sides of the pad to form stiffened, supportive longitudinal pad margins, and mounting on the pad at the overlapped end portions releasable fastener means for releasably fastening together the overlapped end portions when mounting the pad collar-wise on the neck of the user.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 7 including the steps of folding the piece lengthwise inwardly from each side to adjacent the longitudinal center line of the piece and then against adjacent the longitudinal center line of the piece to form a support pad comprising four plies of substantially uniform size.
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