US 12,251,296 B2
Band for preventing contact of injury
Andrew Lee, Portland, OR (US)
Filed by Andrew Lee, Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/898,474.
Application 18/898,474 is a continuation of application No. 18/796,178, filed on Aug. 6, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0017789 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61F 13/62 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/62 (2013.01) [A61F 2013/5677 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injury contact prevention band comprising:
an injury cover portion to cover a part of a body including an injury; and
a fastening portion to fasten the injury cover portion to the body,
wherein the fastening portion includes:
a first flexible fastening member extending from one end of the injury cover portion,
a second flexible fastening member extending from another end of the injury cover portion, and
a connecting member detachably connecting an end of the first flexible fastening member and an end of the second flexible fastening member to each other,
wherein a plurality of injury opening holes cutting through a thickness of the injury cover portion to expose the injury, the plurality of injury opening holes being arranged along at least one direction,
wherein a plurality of hole cover portions located in the plurality of injury opening holes respectively is connected to the injury cover portion so as to be separable from the plurality of injury opening holes respectively, and outer perimeter surfaces thereof fittingly engage with inner perimeter surfaces of the plurality of injury opening holes respectively,
wherein gap areas are located between the hole cover portions and the injury opening holes respectively,
wherein each of the gap areas includes:
a plurality of separation areas where the plurality of hole cover portions and the injury cover portion are separated from each other, and
a plurality of connection areas where the plurality of hole cover portions and the injury cover portion are connected to each other,
wherein the plurality of the separation areas and the plurality of connection areas are arranged alternately along a circumferential direction of the gap areas respectively, and
wherein the plurality of connection areas has a smaller length than the length of the plurality of separation areas,
wherein the injury cover portion has a cut portion indented from an outer perimeter toward a central area in an end area between one end and the other end of an edge area thereof.