Patent ID: 7604651

Claim:
A method for applying a tourniquet, comprising the steps of: providing an article of clothing including at least one limb-receiving sleeve; mounting a tourniquet housing having a first end and a second end to said at least one limb-receiving sleeve in encircling relation thereto; forming an opening in said first end of said tourniquet housing; providing a releasably attached cover means for covering and uncovering said opening; positioning a tourniquet having opposite ends in said tourniquet housing; orienting said tourniquet in said tourniquet housing so that a first end of said opposite ends is in registration with said opening and so that a second end of said opposite ends is disposed in underlying relation to said tourniquet housing; providing a hollow tourniquet-engaging housing at said first end of said tourniquet housing; said first end of said tourniquet extending through a hollow interior of said tourniquet-engaging housing; adapting said first end of said tourniquet to be grasped and pulled by a user when said cover means is open, said pulling reducing a diameter of said tourniquet; adapting said tourniquet-engaging housing to allow said first end of said tourniquet to slide within said hollow interior of said tourniquet-engaging housing when said first end of said tourniquet is pulled; adapting said tourniquet-engaging housing to prevent sliding of said tourniquet within said hollow interior of said tourniquet-engaging housing when said first end of said tourniquet is released after having been pulled; whereby said tourniquet is positioned fully within said tourniquet housing when said cover means is closed; and whereby said pulling is performed by said user when said cover means is open so that third party medical assistance is not needed to tighten said tourniquet.