Patent ID: 6123717
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable thermal neck wrap comprising:a) at least one substantially U-shaped piece of flexible material, said piece of flexible material having a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a central body portion therebetween, such that when said neck wrap is placed on a user, said central body portion is centered at said user's upper back and lower neck and said first and second arm portions lay across said user's shoulders toward said user's chest; andb) one or more thermal packs fixedly attached to said piece of flexible material, said thermal pack having a unified structure comprising at least one continuous layer of a semirigid material having a tensile strength of about 0.7 g/mm.sup.2, or greater, and at least two-dimensional drape at a temperature of about 25.degree. C., and wherein said material has a tensile strength, at a temperature of about 35.degree. C. or greater, substantially less than said tensile strength of said material at about 25.degree. C., and having a plurality of individual heat cells spaced apart and fixed within or to said unified structure of said thermal pack.