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

Claim 19:
20. A wearable compression appliance comprising:
an elongated wrap extending longitudinally between a first end portion and a second end portion, the elongated wrap defining a plurality of continuous zones, the plurality of continuous zones 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 single wire element, the single wire element being a single continuous length of wire embedded in the elongated wrap and provided in a looped arrangement such that the single wire element includes:
a continuous upper wire portion that extends along a longitudinal length of the elongated wrap, wherein the upper wire portion:
extends continuously from the first end portion to the second end portion, and
is positioned above a longitudinal midline of the elongated wrap across each of the first end portion, the first zone, the second zone and the second end portion; and

a continuous lower wire portion that extends along the longitudinal length of the elongated wrap, the lower wire portion:
extends continuously from the second end portion to the first end portion, and
is positioned below the longitudinal midline of the elongated wrap across each of the second end portion, the second zone, the first zone and the first end portion;

wherein the upper wire portion is spaced apart from the lower wire portion such that the upper wire portion and the lower wire portion are oriented parallel to each other in each of the first zone and the second zone, and a first distance between the upper wire portion and the lower wire portion in the first zone is smaller than a second distance between the upper wire portion and the lower wire portion 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.