Patent ID: 6013045
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
In a splint product for immobilizing a body part, comprising a support dimensioned to fit around the body part to be immobilized, a touch fastener strap member and buckle carried by the support in opposed relation wherein the strap member may be passed through the buckle, folded over itself and secured in a desired position by connection of complementary touch fasteners carried by the strap member with each other to secure the support in position around the body part, the improvement comprising retention means comprises a loose flap on a free end of the strap member, said retention means being deformable between:(a) a relatively thin insertion position wherein the free end of the strap member including the retention means is sufficiently thin to be inserted into and through the buckle in a first direction; and(b) a relatively thick retention position wherein the strap member is doubled on itself to form a double-thickness portion wherein said loose flap of the retention means extends away from the plane of the strap member in a direction whereby the loose flap is deformed toward the plane of the strap member during insertion of the free end of the strap member into and through the buckle, and is deformed away from the plane of the strap member on itself to define a third thickness portion during removal of the strap through the buckle.