Patent ID: 7988742
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A61F,B41M,B44C,D06P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a decorative covering and covering an orthopedic injury that has been covered with a cast comprising: providing a strip of material of a predetermined length and a predetermined width for protective wrapping of an injury, the material having a plurality of fibers; selecting an aesthetically pleasing decorative image; storing the decorative image in a memory of a digital computer; transferring the decorative image from the memory onto the strip of material by sublimation by printing wherein heat causes the image to flash into a gaseous state thereby penetrating and dying the image into the material of the strip wherein the decorative image becomes a permanent part of the material to create a decorative covering; applying at least one decorative object to the strip wherein the at least one object are gemstones, diamonds, pearls, rubies, imitation diamonds, imitation pearls, gold, silver or birth stones; and applying the strip of material to the cast by wrapping the strip of material along a length of the cast wherein the cast is set with a pleasing appearance.