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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
William P Warthen, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Mohammed I Akhawala, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ;
Abstract
A self-adhering, orthopedic splint is provided which is capable of being conformed to the contours of a limb which comprises an elongated, warp knit fabric having relatively stiff, inelastic monofilaments in the width direction and relatively flexible, inelastic yarns in the length direction; the monofilaments are interrupted by at least one hinged section running in the lengthwise direction and the fabric is provided with a normally tacky, pressure sensitive adhesive.