US 12,263,113 B2
Limb support and limb support fastening arrangement
Phillip John Griffiths, Blackwood (GB); and John Davies, Blackwood (GB)
Assigned to Frontier Therapeutics Limited, Blackwood (GB)
Appl. No. 15/554,780
Filed by FRONTIER THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, Blackwood (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2016, PCT No. PCT/GB2016/050228
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2016/139445, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1503579 (GB), filed on Mar. 3, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0014963 A1, Jan. 18, 2018
Int. Cl. A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/05816 (2013.01) [A61F 5/012 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A limb support fastening arrangement for fastening a limb support to a limb of a wearer, the arrangement comprising: a first and second layer, the first layer being disposed upon the second layer, the layers being bonded togetherto define a first wing portion; a second wing portion; a first fastening portion extending outwardly away from the first wing portion; and a second fastening portion extending outwardly away from the second wing portion,
the first fastening portion comprising an inflatable chamber defined between the first and second layers, and a first fastener on the second layer, the first layer being arranged, in use, to form an inner layer of the first fastening portion, such that the first layer of the first fastening portion is proximal the limb of the wearer, the second layer being arranged, in use, to form an outer layer of the first fastening portion, such that the second layer of the first fastening portion is distal to the limb of the wearer,
the second fastening portion comprising an inflatable chamber defined between the first and second layers, and a second fastener on the second layer, the first layer being arranged, in use, to form an inner layer of the second fastening portion, such that the first layer of the second fastening portion is proximal to the limb of the wearer and the second layer being arranged, in use, to form an outer layer of the second fastening portion, such that the second layer of the second fastening portion is distal to the limb of the wearer,
wherein each of the first fastener and the second fastener is disposed in a corresponding pocket disposed on the second layer of the respective first and second fastening portions and the first fastener is arranged to detachably couple with the second fastener to detachably couple the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion together, by contacting the first layer of the first/second fastening portion on top of the second layer of the second/first fastening portion thus preventing the first fastener and the second fastener from coming into contact with skin of the wearer of the limb support by virtue of the inflatable chamber.