Patent ID: 7699797

Claim:
A support for an area of a body, comprising: (a) a flexible support member having a surface for abutting an area of a body, said flexible support member comprising an elastically stretchable framework; and (b) a rotary device configured to tension, by actuation of said rotary device, said surface of said flexible support member in its abutment with the area of the body; (c) wherein said framework comprises an integrally molded network of interconnected, elastomeric segments, and (i) a first subset of the interconnected, elastomeric segments defines a perimeter of the framework, (ii) a second subset of the interconnected, elastomeric segments located within the perimeter of the framework bounds and defines a plurality of permanent openings in the framework, and (iii) none of the interconnected, elastomeric segments of the first subset are part of the second subset; and (d) wherein said framework is capable of lying generally flat when not tensioned in abutment with the area of the body.