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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Albert Long Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
David Lam Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
Albert Long Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
David Lam Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
Ice bag covers, methods, and articles of manufacture useful in the creation of a adhesive, non-constrictive ice bag device that is compact and can be attached to a garment, said ice bag device preferably comprising (a) a flexible outer cover for one or more cooling packs, having one face partially or entirely covered with mounting adhesive for temporarily attaching said cover, when it is filled with at least one cooling pack, to the inside or the outside of a garment, such that said cooling pack is in close contact with an injured body part of the user, without the need for a strapping and/or wrapping means, and (b) optionally, but preferably, one or more liquid impermeable inner containers that are filled with a cooling medium to form said cooling packs and can fit inside said outer cover, each said inner container being preferably a plastic zipper bag which is sealed on three sides and which has the fourth side open having a rib and groove sealing closure, and wherein said article comprising said outer cover is optionally packaged in association with a set of instructions for use to direct the user how to use the product properly, to ensure that the user knows what benefits can be achieved, and how best to obtain these benefits, and a method of doing business in which an established entity, especially a sports organization is used to assure the user that the device and method of use are safe and effective.