Patent ID: 8142380

Claim:
A folding cervical vertebra protective band, comprising: a belt-like protective band body which has a length and a width for substantially surrounding an entirety of a cervical portion of a user; and an attachable/detachable fixing means for holding the protective band body, when in use, around the cervical portion, wherein the protective band body comprises multiple divided components obtained as a result of multiple divisions of the protective band body in a longitudinal direction thereof and also comprises hinge portions for foldably coupling the multiple divided components to each other, each of the hinge portions having opposite edge portions of the multiple divided components adjacent to each other and bending portions which are positioned between the opposite edge portions and are positioned on an outer surface side when in use and said bending portions extend in a width direction of the protective band body, and wherein during use the folding cervical vertebra protective band is curved around the cervical portion of the user so as to be attached to the cervical portion without being bent at the bending portions owing to the opposite edge portions of the hinge portions, which are engaged with each other in an abutting manner when in use, and when not in use, the hinge portions are bent in a direction opposite to a curve direction at the bending portions so as to allow the cervical vertebra protective band to be folded into a smaller size while an inner surface side of the protective band body is exposed to an outer side.