Patent ID: 8323226

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a rigid cast for encircling a limb; a multilayer sleeve liner for the cast adapted to encircle the limb under the cast, the liner comprising: a soft resilient first layer having cushioning and moisture absorbing properties for applying to skin beneath the cast; a compressive second layer for encircling the first layer after the first layer has been fitted and applied to the skin, the compressive layer comprising: f) a plurality of parallel first fibers; g) a plurality of parallel second fibers disposed transverse to the first fibers to form a mesh fabric, the mesh fabric having a first termination and a second termination; h) hook and loop attaching means affixed to an exterior surface of a first end of the cast and to the first termination for releasably attaching the first termination to the first end of the cast; i) attaching means for attaching the second termination to a second end of the cast; j) the compressive layer constructed to adjustably apply compression to the skin when longitudinal stress is adjustably applied to the layer by releasing the first termination from the first end of the cast, either moving the first termination away from the second termination to increase compression, or moving the first termination toward the second termination to reduce compression, and then attaching the first termination to the first end of the cast; and adjacent second fibers having two ends, the second fibers being not attached to a termination at one end, and being affixed alternately to the first termination and the second termination at the other end.