Patent ID: 7025062

Claim:
A method for supporting an arm of an animal, the method comprising emplacing a device around parts of the animal's body, the device comprising at least one body member made of flexible material and having a length and a width and two spaced-apart ends including a first end and a second end and a top side and a bottom side, a first amount of releasably cooperating fastener material on the first end on the top side of the at least one body member, a second amount of releasably cooperating fastener material on the second end on the top side of the at least one body member, a third amount of releasably cooperating fastener material on the first end on the bottom side of the at least one body member, a fourth amount of releasably cooperating fastener material on the second end on the bottom side of the at least one body member, and the amounts of releasably cooperating fastener material positioned so that the first amount can releasably cooperate with the fourth amount upon folding the body member so that the ends are adjacent each other and the second amount can releasbly cooperate with the third amount upon folding the body member so that the ends are adjacent each other, wherein the at least one body member is two interconnected body members, and wherein the two body members comprise a first body member and a second body member, the first body member sized for emplacement over a shoulder of an animal and the second body member sized for emplacement around part of a limb of the animal, emplacing the first body member over part of the animal, and emplacing the second body member around part of the limb of the animal.