Patent ID: 8556841

Claim:
A wrap for compressively wrapping a portion of a living body, the wrap comprising: A) a relatively non-stretchable support; and B) a relatively stretchable strap i) that has one end portion attached to the support and a free end portion opposite the one end portion, ii) that along at least some of its length comprises relatively stretchable material that is relatively stretchable in a direction lengthwise from the one end portion, and iii) that, with the support disposed against an area of a portion of a living body around which the wrap is being wrapped, has sufficient length that, when stretched, is capable of initially encircling the portion of the living body and detachably/re-attachably attaching to attachment means on the support by direct surface-to-surface attachment of a portion of an inner surface of the relatively stretchable material facing toward the portion of the living body to the attachment means on the support while leaving some additional length of the relatively stretchable material between its detachable/re-attachable attachment to the attachment means on the support and its free end portion, wherein the relatively stretchable material forms at least some of the initial encirclement and at least some of the additional stretchable length and has an outer surface that faces away from the portion of the living body and is capable of detachable/re-attachable attachment to an attachment means by direct surface-to-surface attachment, and including at least one piece of attachment material on each of the inner and outer surfaces to which the opposite surface detachably/re-attachably attaches by direct surface-to-surface contact.