US 11,696,855 B2
Bandage
Fred Smith, Houston, TX (US); Keith Hoglund, Burr Ridge, IL (US); and Tom Pruter, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Assigned to BandGrip, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by BandGrip, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/888,369.
Application 16/888,369 is a continuation of application No. 15/349,484, filed on Nov. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,667,957.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/253,898, filed on Nov. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0289331 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/0276 (2013.01) [A61B 17/085 (2013.01); A61F 13/0206 (2013.01); A61F 13/0226 (2013.01); A61F 13/0246 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00119 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00182 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bandage comprising:
a base substrate having a central region, a first side region and a second side region, at least the central region comprising an elastic material;
a first side coupling member that is rigid and integrally molded, the first side coupling member attached to the first side region of the base substrate and a second side coupling member that is rigid and integrally molded, the second side coupling member attached to the second side region of the base substrate, each of the first side coupling member and the second side coupling member including:
a base having a lower surface and an upper surface, and defining a outer perimeter having a leading edge, with the lower surface attached to the respective one of the first side region of the base and the second side region of the base; and
a plurality of gripping structures integrally molded with extending outwardly from the base, and spaced apart from each other, each of the gripping structures being curved toward the leading edge, wherein the gripping structures each include a leading surface and a trailing surface, and opposing first side surface and second side surface, together defining a base perimeter at the base and an upper tip distally therefrom, with the leading surface being substantially parallel to the leading edge of the base, the opposing first side surface and second side surface inwardly angled to meet at the upper tip, with the leading surface and the trailing surfaces being curved toward the leading edge each at a different radius of curvature, wherein the upper tip lies outside of a footprint defined by the base perimeter.