US 11,679,016 B2
Hernia belt
George J. Cisko, Spring Grove, IL (US); Christina Augustyn, Chicago, IL (US); Ryan S. Park, Northbrook, IL (US); Donald Rakevicius, Lake Zurich, IL (US); Xuemei Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Stephanie Kia, Columbus, OH (US); and Jeffrey R. Burger, Bexley, OH (US)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/478,639
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/015955
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 17, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144456, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/453,155, filed on Feb. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/551,370, filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0046540 A1, Feb. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 5/24 (2006.01); A61F 5/03 (2006.01); A61F 5/30 (2006.01); A61F 5/449 (2006.01); A61F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/24 (2013.01) [A61F 5/02 (2013.01); A61F 5/03 (2013.01); A61F 5/30 (2013.01); A61F 5/449 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hernia belt, comprising:
a support belt formed from a stretchable material and including a first peripheral end and a second peripheral end; and
a two-part fastening system configured to secure the hernia belt on a user's body, wherein the two-part fastening system includes a first part arranged on the support belt proximate the first peripheral end and a second part comprising a plurality of fasteners arranged spaced apart from each other on the support belt proximate the second peripheral end,
wherein the first part comprises a single fastener attached to a back side surface of the support belt, wherein the plurality of fasteners are attached to a front side surface of the support belt, wherein the plurality of fasteners include a first fastener, a second fastener, a third fastener, a fourth fastener, and a fifth fastener, wherein the second, third, fourth fasteners are arranged between the first and fifth fasteners with the fifth fastener arranged proximate the second peripheral end of the support belt, wherein each of the first and fifth fasteners has a generally triangular shaped body and each of the second, third, and fourth fasteners has a generally parallelogram shaped body, wherein the first fastener is arranged adjacent the second fastener with a gap therebetween, and the third fastener is arranged adjacent the second fastener with a gap therebetween, and the fourth fastener is arranged adjacent the third fastener with a gap therebetween, and the fifth fastener is arranged adjacent the fourth fastener with a gap therebetween, wherein the plurality of fasteners are arranged diagonally.