Patent ID: 7615020
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A41D,A61F

Abstract:
1. A support for an area of a body including a hinge joint, comprising: (a) a flexible, elastically stretchable framework having a surface for abutment with an area of a body including a hinge joint, said framework comprising an integrally molded network of interconnected, elongate, elastomeric segments, some of said interconnected segments forming an inner periphery defining a permanent opening in said surface, said permanent opening extending completely through said framework; and (b) a member entirely separable from said framework that is removably securable to said framework via interlocking engagement of a channel defined by said member with one of said interconnected segments such that said member is disposed between said framework and the area of the body to be supported and extends beyond the inner periphery formed by said some of said interconnected segments; (c) wherein said member is contoured to receive therein a joint protuberance of the hinge joint such that said member is seated on said hinge joint and said framework, at least in the area of said member, is held at a spacing from the body (d) wherein said framework includes: