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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Ag, Neuhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Gordon J. Cook, Hampshire, GB;
David Portsmouth, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
Covidien AG, Neuhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/04 (2006.01); A61F 13/06 (2006.01); A61F 13/58 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/08 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41F 1/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/0269 (2013.01); A61F 13/0283 (2013.01); A61F 13/041 (2013.01); A61F 13/064 (2013.01); A61F 13/065 (2013.01); A61F 13/085 (2013.01); A61F 13/581 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); A41D 2300/328 (2013.01); A61F 13/08 (2013.01); A61F 2013/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00174 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1697 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01); Y10T 24/33 (2015.01);
Abstract
A limited durability fastening for a garment. The garment is provided with fastening members which engage to close the fastening and the fastening members are provided with means for controlling the degradation of the closure strength of the fastening as it is opened and closed and thus the number of permissible closures of the fastening having a pre-determined closure strength. The garment is particularly useful when fitted to a foot where short life is desirable at low cost or to a garment where re-use is to be discouraged for either clinical or commercial reasons.