Patent ID: 6470705
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable ice pack for receiving and retaining a frozen material and for compressing against an area of a person's body that has been traumatized, the disposable ice pack consisting of:a) a bag portion having four side edges, including a sealable open top end, a closed bottom end and a pair of opposed side edges forming an inner cavity, a closure mechanism disposed along inner surfaces of the top end providing a water tight seal to the ice pack, and a pair of outer walls, each side edge disposed at an adjacent side edge at a ninety-degree angle; b) sheet material having four side edges and consisting of one or two layers of fluid absorbable two fiber cloth material attached by heat sealing and juxtaposed to one of the bag portion outer walls, the one or two sheets of fluid absorbable material having a dimension slightly less than an outer wall of the four edge bag portion such that each side edge of the sheet material is positioned adjacent and parallel to one of the bag portion four side edges at a distance which is equal around all four side edges of the sheet material and bag portion, the absorbable material making contact with the person's traumatized body area and absorbing any body fluids seeping therefrom; and c) the inner cavity receiving and retaining the frozen material.