Patent ID: 11910876
Assignee: UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A wearable compression appliance comprising:
an elongated wrap portion extending longitudinally between a first end portion and a second end portion of the compression appliance, the wrap portion including a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone includes the first end portion and the second zone includes the second end portion;
a wire element, the wire element being a single continuous length of wire embedded in the wrap portion in a looped arrangement such that the wire element includes both a single continuous upper wire segment that extends along a longitudinal length and entirely above a longitudinal midline of the wrap portion and a single continuous lower wire segment that extends along the longitudinal length and entirely below the longitudinal midline of the wrap portion, and the single continuous upper wire segment is spaced apart from the single continuous lower wire segment such that the single continuous upper wire segment and the single continuous lower wire segment are parallel to each other in the first zone and the second zone; and
wherein a first distance between the single continuous upper wire segment and the single continuous lower wire segment in the first zone is smaller than a second distance between the single continuous upper wire segment and the single continuous lower wire segment in the second zone, and wherein the wire element transitions between the first and second zones via a single inclined portion above the longitudinal midline and a single inclined portion below the longitudinal midline.