Patent ID: 6156001
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An elastic textile implement to be tightly worn over an articulation or part of the body to be protected and/or aided in its mechanical action, made of at least partially of an elastic fabric comprising an elastomeric yam and substantially non-elastic yarns, conformable around said part or articulation and tautingly fixed thereon by ""Velcro"" fasteners, hooked portions of which are sewn on a plurality of independently stretchable edge portions of said implement, each edge portion being superimposable to the outer surface of the fabric and anchorable at any position thereon, said conformable elastic fabric being composed of nonelastic and elastomeric yarns and has a dense population of raised yarn loops (M) projecting for a determined height out of said outer surface of the fabric engageable by said hooked ""Velcro"" portions, characterized in that said loops are of a substantially non-elastic yarn with a count equal to or greater than 150 DECITEX, of a material selected from the group consisting of nylon, polyester and mylar, either in the form of a monofilament or of a multifilament with a number of filaments equal to or less than 10, interwoven with at least another nonelastic yarn and at least an elastomer yarn.