Patent ID: 8529481

Claim:
A system for protecting a cast or bandage from moisture on a user's appendage, the system consisting: a) a cover of impermeable material sized and configured for receiving the user's appendage and enclosing said cast or bandage, the cover having an open end and a closed end for enclosing a distal end of said appendage, the open end being capable of receiving the appendage therethrough and the open end is capable of being secured about the users appendage, a slit extending from the open end and terminating short of said closed end, the slit having a closure that is capable of closing the slit in a water-tight manner; b) a sleeve of water impermeable material enclosing a portion of said cover including said open end of said cover, said sleeve being open at a first end and an opposite end, said sleeve being permanently fully enclosed between said ends thereof; c) said sleeve extending between a mid portion of said cover and passing over and past the open end of said cover and terminating at an opposite end thereof at a point beyond said open end of said cover, said sleeve having an elastic band along an edge of each open end of said sleeve for sealing said first end against said cover and the opposite end adapted to seal the open end thereof on said appendage, said sleeve having an exposed sealing member on an inner surface of said edge of each open end of said sleeve to aid in sealing said sleeve at each end to cover and the appendage, said sleeve being unfolded; d) the elastic band at each open end of said sleeve being made of a resilient material selected from a group consisting of a foamed plastic, silicone and rubber, said exposed sealing members providing increased sealing at the open ends; e) wherein the open end of the cover is provided with elastic; f) wherein the cover has a closure flap disposed on the elastic at the open end of said cover; and g) wherein the cover has at least one securing strap intermediate the closed and open ends.